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applause the most enthusiastic gathering the Grand 
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Department CoMHL\NDEk Lucius Field . 

E. W. Kinsley Post No. 113, G.A.R. . . . 

Pennsylvania Battle Flags 

Department Commander Field and Staff . 

A Typical Massachusetts Post 

Past Commander-in-Chief Tanner . . . . 

The Living Flag 

Executive Committee 

Capt. John Read 

Kearsarge Naval Veterans 

Kearsarge-Alabama Fight 

Ex-Prisoners of War 

Past Commander-in-Chief George S. Merrill . 
Past Commander-in-Chief John G. B. Adams . 
Past Commander-in-Chief Wilmon W. Blackmar 



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DEDICATION 



THE Souvenir of the Encampment held in Boston in 1890 was 
dedicated to Charles Devens, Past Commander-in-Chief of the 
Grand Army of the Republic, who died Jan. 7, 1891. This eminent 
soldier and jurist was born in Charlestown, Mass., April 4, 1820. 
He served with distinction during the war of the Rebellion, rising in 
rank from Major of the Third Battalion of Rifles, M.V.M., in April, 
1861, to Brevet Major-General in April, 1865. He was twice chosen 
Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army, viz., in 1873 and in 1874. 

Since his administration the office of commander-in-chief has 
been filled by three other comrades of the Department of Massa- 
chusetts, all of whom have passed on to the eternal camping ground; 
and to them, George S. Merrill, John G. B. Adams and Wilmon W. 
Blackmar, this volume is dedicated. Under the appropriate caption 
will be found tributes to their memory, that to Comrade Merrill writ- 
ten by Comrade WiUiam M. Olin, who was his adjutant-general; that 
to Comrade Adams by Comrade Alfred S. Roe, at present Senior 
Vice-Commander of this Department; and that to Comrade Blackmar 
by his adjutant-general, Comrade John E. Gilman. 



iv Contents 

PAGE 

Woman's Relief Corps 167-173 

Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic .... 173-175 

Sons of Veterans 175-177 

Daughters of Veterans 178-179 

Army Nurses' Reception 180-181 

Grandchildren of Veterans 181-182 

Ladies' Aid Society 182-183 

Parade of Naval Veterans and Other Organizations . 187-197 

Ex-Prisoners of War 198-199 

The Blue and the Gray 200-203 

In Memoriam : 

George S. Merrill 207-208 

John G. B. Adams 209-212 

WiLMON W. Blackmar 213-216 



FORMER 

NATIONAL ENCAMPMENTS 

IN 

MASSACHUSETTS 



FORMER NATIONAL ENCAMPMENTS 
IN MASSACHUSETTS. 



1871 

THRICE before in the existence of the Grand Army of the 
RepubUc its sessions have been held in Massachusetts. The 
first for Boston, and the fifth in the career of the G.A.R., 
came in the month of May, 1871. 
The meetings, commencing May 10, were held in the rooms of 
John A. Andrew Post, then located on the corner of Essex and Chauncy 
streets. It was so near the beginning that, as compared with later 
events, it might be called the day of small things. In all there were 
sixty-eight delegates present, representing seventeen Departments. 
Of this number, Massachusetts led with fourteen men. The meeting 
marked the end of John A. Logan's administration; and however 
much the same did for the organization, the latter was still in such 
an inchoate state that the Adjutant General frankly stated that he 
could not even approximate as to the membership. After hstening 
to the address of the Commander, the Encampment lunched in a 
room belonging to the Post, on an upper floor of the same building. 
The banquet in Faneuil Hall, in the evening, was something to 
remember, and today it seems hke ancient history, so long have all 
the speakers been in their graves. The hall was elaborately decorated 
with flags and in the gallery was posted Gilmore's famous band, which 
discoursed the best of music during the feast. All remaining gallery 
space was taken by ladies and other friends of the soldiers who were 
on the main floor. \Vhile the meal was in progress. General Joseph 
Hooker entered the hall, and his coming was a signal for most enthusi- 
astic cheering. As presiding officer for the evening. General Wm. 
Cogswell of Salem was introduced, who, in turn, presented as Toast- 
master, General W. W. Blackmar of Boston. The latter, in most 
felicitous manner, gave his themes, and General Cogswell as happily 
named the speakers, who included in their number Generals Burn- 
side, Logan, Hooker, Pleasanton, Kilpatrick, Devens, Fairchild, and 
Mr. Edward W. Kinsley of Boston, who spoke for the "Citizen Friends." 
The second day's session was devoted to the election of officers, 
and the command was given to General A. E. Burnside, who went 



8 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

thence immediately to the reunion of his own Ninth Corps and the 
survivors of his celebrated expedition then in session in Tremont 
Temple. In the evening followed a great reception and banquet 
given by the Loyal Legion, at the Parker House, attended by more 
notables of the Northern army than Boston ever saw at one time 
before or afterwards. 

While the Encampment adjourned on the 11th, there was still to 
be had the reunion of the Army of the Potomac, its third, the same 
being held in the Globe Theatre, having as its particular star General 
George G. Meade, its most distinguished and successful Commander. 
It was on this occasion that James T. Fields read for the poet, Bret 
Harte, the latter's immortal poem, "The Old Major Explains." 

During these three days Boston saw much of the veterans and 
they in turn saw a deal of the city, including Bunker Hill and the 
forts in the harbor. After thirty-five years not a man, soldier or 
citizen, mentioned in those days survives except in history and memory. 

1878 

In the above-named year the Twelfth Annual Encampment 
convened in Springfield. Though in the interval from 1871 the Order 
had grown, it still was within the power of a city no larger than that 
located on the Connecticut River to entertain the delegates and 
accompanying visitors. What Springfield lacked in size she made 
up in energy and application. 

June 4 was the date of beginning, but owing to the lateness 
of trains bearing Post 2 of Philadelphia, it was nearly 12 noon before 
the parade started for the Armory of the Peabody Guards, which 
company, with the City Guards, formed the escort. Captain S. C. War- 
riner, lately of the 36th Mass. Vols, in the Rebellion, was the Chief 
Marshal and associated with him were other members of Wilcox Post, 
who made efficient Aides. The Springfield Republican, describing 
the parade, said that there were 700 men therein, including militia, 
bands and Posts of the Grand Army. The procession was graced by 
the presence of Governors Hartranft of Pennsylvania, Van Zant of 
Rhode Island, and Ex-Governor Marshall Jewell of Connecticut. 
There were 100 men of Wilcox Post in line; Post 2 of Philadelphia, 
bearing fifteen tattered battle-flags, marched with 200 veterans, and 
they were followed by Drake Post, South Manchester, Conn., Marion 
Post of Meriden, Nathaniel Lyon Post of Hartford, and Stanley Post 
of New Bedford. There were citizens on horseback and carriages 
conveying distinguished guests. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 9 

The parade was reviewed by the Commander-in-Chief, General 
John C. Robinson of Binghamton, N. Y., who, a West Point graduate, 
had lost a leg at Gettysburg, and so witnessed the passing, standing 
upon his remaining leg and a crutch. The decorations reflected great 
credit ujDon the patriotism and taste of the people, for not only 
were the public edifices aflame with color, but private dwellings as 
well, not alone on Main Street but throughout the entire city. 

At the Armory, where the Encampment met, an address of welcome 
was given by Emerson Wight, mayor of the city. The organization, 
whose numbers could not be given in 1871 are now stated as 8,940, 
still far from the greatness to be attained in later years, but showing 
an upward trend, a fact -which gives the comrades encouragement. 
During the preceding year General Wm. Cogswell of Salem, Mass., 
had been the Judge Advocate General, and the Rev. Jos. F. Lovering, 
also of Massachusetts, the Chaplain-in-Chief. It was at this Encamp- 
ment that the badge, now so well known as the Little Bronze Button, 
became an entitj^ through the report of the Adjutant General, Joseph 
A. Farley, who stated some of the difficulties which hedged the effort 
to secure the cannon for badge-making purposes. The delegates 
numbered eighty-five. Corporal Tanner and John Palmer, both of 
New York and both to become Commanders-in-Chief in future days, 
were appointed to see about the alleged discrimination against the 
veterans in U.S. Government buildings in Albany. 

In the evening of this day. Post 2 of Philadelphia exemplified 
in the Armory, before the local and visiting Posts, the secret work 
of the Order, much to the profit and pleasure of all beholders. Later 
the National Encampment and other visitors were received and enter- 
tained at the Springfield Club. Music was furnished by Brown's 
Brigade Band of Boston and the Orchestral Club of Springfield. While 
the house and grounds of the club were crowded, it was estimated 
that fully 4,000 people thronged the neighboring streets. 

The next day, or the 5th, followed the election of officers, and 
General Robinson became his own successor and the Massachusetts 
Chaplain-in-Chief Lovering also was elected for a third term. In 
the afternoon of this day the officers of the Encamj^ment and those 
of the Army of the Potomac were received and entertained by Mr. 
and Mrs. James M. Thompson of Highland Place, in a most tasteful 
and hospitable manner. - ; 

Following the precedent of 1871, Burnside's men had their re- 
unions, though their gallant chief was detained in Washington by 
public business. Their meeting was in Hampden Hall and the ban- 
quet in the Massasoit House. Again the Army of the Potomac came 



10 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

together through its representatives, with Henry Ward Beecher as 
orator and R. H. Stoddard as poet. While the most noted of the 
leaders of the Potomac Army were not present, still the day and place 
were not wanting in distinguished men. When Daniel E. Sickles, 
as he said, "rose to his feet," some soldier in the audience corrected 
him, saying, "You mean your foot," for he too had lost a leg at Gettys- 
burg. The absence of President Hayes did not pass urmoticed nor 
unchallenged. Governor Alexander H. Rice of Massachusetts gave 
one of his eloquent addresses, and all the visiting governors spoke 
in similar vein. General Henry S. Slocum, who had commanded a 
wing of Sherman's army, was one of the noteworthy figures of the 
occasion. 

1890 

Twelve years later the Grand Army came again, this time to the 
Hub. The days of small things were far away and, instead of meeting 
in a Post room,Music Hall,one of the largest audience rooms in America, 
was none too large for its deliberations, and in place of a few veterans, 
skirmishing around Bunker Hill and the forts, 40,000 old soldiers 
paraded through the streets of Boston, amid the acclaim of five times 
that number of beholders. From the uncertain numbers of 1871, and 
the 9,000 of 1878, the G.A.R. had grown to almost half a milhon. So 
far from two days sufficing for the business of the Encampment, it 
took all the work-days from Sunday to Sunday, August 11 to the 
16th, every day packed full of interest to visitor and visited. Whether 
Boston were the "Hub," the "Athens of America" or simply the 
capital of the old Bay State, for the nonce she was the most-.-;ought- 
after municipality from ocean to ocean, and never had so many vet- 
erans gathered with so many friends, new and old, as responded to the 
call for the year 1890. 

Many of the distinguished soldiers of the Rebellion were still this 
side the crossing, and the rank and file of the veterans were in their 
prime. No wonder that every train approaching the city came 
loaded with humanity, eager to see where the nation started. If the 
visitor were born in Massachusetts, he was just coming home again 
to note the changes of the intervening years; if born elsewhere, to 
see where the Pilgrims landed, where the "witches" suffered, to 
trace the footsteps of Britons as they went to and from Concord and 
Lexington, by angry farmers followed, to stand where Stark and 
Putnam raged, protested and retreated fighting, and where Warren fell. 

What a week of sight-seeing it was to the hosts who had gathered 
from the prairies, the mountains and from the Pacific shore, to indulge 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 11 

in reminiscence, history and all that have contributed to the fame of 
Massachusetts! The story of the preparations and the event itself 
fill a large volume of three hundred pages, just to tell what was done 
unofficially. Six days of reception and entertainment as only Boston 
can receive and entertain; for where, in other parts of the land, are 
all the essentials of social ability found so perfectly blended? Then 
among those active in the receiving force were Devens, Merrill, Adams 
and Blackmar, all full of vigor and earnest in efforts to please. 

To meet the necessary outlay of caring for the visiting thousands, 
and to properly entertain them, while guests of the Commonwealth 
and Gty, the state and Boston contributed respectively $50,000 and 
$25,000, and private citizens responded to a call with contributions 
of more than $50,000 besides. Though the private gifts were not 
entirely used, the generosity of the business men of Boston was none 
the less conspicuous and creditable. The liberal yet judicious manner 
in which expenditures were made spoke volumes for the honesty 
and intelligence, as well as judgment, of those who had the manage- 
ment of the Encampment in hand. 

It was truly a magnificent cause which could call to its celebration 
Sherman, the last of the Paladins; Benjamin Harrison, President 
of the United States, and Levi P. Morton, Vice-President ; four Cabinet 
Secretaries; McIQnley of Ohio, a future President; five state governors 
and other famous men and women by the score. General Russell 
A. Alger, a subsequent Secretary of War and United States Senator 
ffom Michigan, led the hosts that paraded through the beautiful streets 
and avenues of Boston, past her historic State House, fragrant with 
memories of Sam and John Adams and a long line of worthies all the 
way down through the century to Banks and Andrew, whose foresight 
and determination had placed the Commonwealth in the very fore- 
front of national defenders. 

Such was the Encampment of 1890. For many a long year its 
glories were sung, not alone by those who directed its entertainment, 
but by the thousands who carried to their far-away homes an effectual 
refutation of the oft-repeated statement that New England is cold, 
hard to please, self-centred and unresponsive. For more than a 
decade all that a G.A.R. man, traveUng anywhere throughout this 
great nation, on meeting a fellow veteran had to say, to secure for 
himself the best that the house or place afforded was, "I am from 
Massachusetts." The reply came quick and vigorous: "You are! 
Well, come right in, you fellows did the best thing for us in 1890 that 
I ever saw, and I've been waiting for this chance to even up. Come 
right in, the place is yours." 




LUCIUS FIELD 

COMMAXOKR DhI'ARTMKNT OF MASSACHUSETTS 

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THE 

NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT 

OF 

1904 



INVITATION AND PREPARATION. 



THE veterans of the Bay State are not without memories 
and their share of a pardonable vanity, and it goes without 
saying that the success of 1890 left a most delightful im- 
pression upon the minds of those who had any part in its 
triumphs. Many a time in camp-fire and Post meeting was heard 
the remark, "Isn't it about time to invite the National Encampment 
to Boston again?" Of course, "Boston" was the word, for, say what 
we may, when a thousand miles from home the name of the city on 
her trimounts has a larger place in the minds of listeners than the 
Commonwealth whose capital she is. 

It was not, however, till the Department Encampment of 1902 
that any real action was taken looking to the entertainment of the 
veterans at the Hub. At the morning session of February 12, 
Comrade George H. Innis of Post 2 moved that the National Encamp- 
ment be invated to meet in Boston in 1904, and it was carried. In 
the first morning session, February 10, of the Department Encampment 
of 1903, Comrade Innis moved that the action of the preceding En- 
campment in regard to the invitation to the National Encamj^ment 
be indorsed, and it was carried unanimously. The same comrade 
further moved that a committee of ten be appointed to present the 
in\'itation of this Department Encampment to the next National 
Encampment to meet in Boston in 1904; said Committee having full 
power to add to its numbers and that this Committee be the Executive 
Committee to make all arrangements for the National Encampment 
in 1904, if it accepts our invitation. This motion also carried. Com- 
mander Judd subsequently announced the following as the Executive 
Committee on National Encampment for 1904: 

George H. Innis of Post 2, Silas A. Barton of Post 29, Dwight O. 
Judd of Post 71, Lucius Field of Post 64, Elisha T. Harvell of Post 74, 
James Bruerton of Post 113, Wilfred A. Wetherbee of Post 62, WiUiam 
M. Olin of Post 26, Charles H. Baker of Post 5, and Edward H. Haskell 
of Post 62. 

At San Francisco, near the close of the afternoon's session of 
the first day, August 20, of the National Encampment, in the hurry 
preceding an enforced adjournment. Commander Dwight O. Judd 



16 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

of the Massachusetts Department said, when recognized by Com- 
mander-in-Chief Stewart : 

Come to Boston and we will do our best for you. We had it four- 
teen years ago; we returned to the subscribers to the fund over twenty 
thousand dollars. We can do it in good shape. The invitation which is 
sent by our Department is reinforced by letters from His Excellency 
the Governor of the Commonwealth, from His Honor the Mayor of 
Boston, and from the chief railroad officials of the state, and there are 
others if necessary. I wdll simply say in behalf of Massachusetts, come 
to Boston and we will give you the time of your Ufe. 

Denver of Colorado had its merits as a convention city set forth 
in glowing terms, but it was evident that the veterans had their minds 
fixed on Boston, for before the result of a roll-call could be announced 
the Department of Colorado moved that Boston be the next Encamp- 
ment seat, and the motion was carried unanimously. 

In the Department Encampment of 1904, the one immediately 
preceding the National gathering, there was no official action regarding 
the same, except the adoption of a resolution, offered by Comrade 
George F. Hall of Post 1 13, committing the Department to the candidacy 
of Past Department Commander, General W. W. Blackmar, for the 
position of Commander-in-Chief. The proi^osition was received and 
carried with the utmost enthusiasm. 

While the individual Posts of the Department were acting as 
seemed to them most desirable with reference , to the approaching 
Encampment, no official action was had at Department Headquarters 
save through General Orders Nos. 4 and 6. The former, bearing 
date July 1, 1904, devoted the first four sections to the attendance 
and appearance of veterans, the naval parade, the many phases 
of transportation, and the procurement of music for the grand parade. 
The later and final order with reference to the Encampment was dated 
August 5, and has seventeen clauses, all devoted to the better carrying 
out of the details of the Encampment. It was Commander Lucius 
Field's happy privilege to make, in the closing item of his Order, the 
statement that the Department of Massachusetts had made a net gain 
of 94 members during the six months' term ending June 30, 1904. 

For months before the date assigned for the Encampment, 
indeed during the entire interval following the San Francisco gather- 
ing, not only the veterans, but a large contingent of America's other 
population were talking of the approaching assemblage. While the 
West, where so many of the meetings had been held, exhibited all 
of the nation's intensity of action and has no equal in progress the 
world over. New England is recognized as the country's scene par 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G.A.R. 17 

excellence of historic interest. Possibly the expectant visitor was 
not born here, but the chances were that some one of his ancestors 
was, and the son was anxious to run down to the seaside and so get a 
gUmpse of the first laomestead this side of the Atlantic. There were 
many thousands who were laying up their dollars for the necessary 
outlay in August. To the veteran himself, only one locality could 
present equal attractions and that would be the Southern land over 
which were fought the battles which cleared the flag of its stain and 
rendered this land free in deed as it long had been in name. 

The Committee on Transportation was in constant correspond- 
ence with representatives in all parts of the country, and these par- 
ties, in turn, were answering all sorts of questions as to how they 
might reach the delectable land at the least expense and in the most 
convenient manner. Circulars by the million flooded the mails taking 
to all possible travelers the information sought, and the inducements 
which the excursion promised. Visitors and visited seemed to make 
the cause a common one, and if any seeker after knowledge concern- 
ing the proposed Encampment failed to find it he must have resided a 
long ways back, almost where Alexander Selkirk imagined himself, 
viz., "out of Humanity's reach." The press of the nation was by 
no means silent, and head-lines with all kinds of pleasant description 
set forth the advantages to accompany the midsummer trip to Boston 
and the sea. While the number of veterans in the Grand Army was 
far short of that when they resorted to the "Hub" in 1890, there 
were still so many that the din incident to their preparations made a 
great stir in the land. 

Had the Clipping Bureau been sufficiently patronized, volumes 
of items might have been compiled, selected from journals represent- 
ing America at large. From a very few chosen paragraphs the mass 
may be imagined. Says the Mirror and American of Manchester, 
N.H., July 14: 

" In order to accommodate the veterans who vsill be in Boston during 
the Grand Army Encampment week of August 15, Sergeant-at-Arms 
Remington has decided to open the State House during the evenings of 
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday that all who marched and 
fought under their old flags, which now grace Memorial Hall, may have 
opportunity to again look at the old banners." 

From a column article in the Bangor, Me., Commercial the follow- 
ing is taken: 

"As the Grand Army Encampment time approaches, the work of 
the Executive Committee continues to absorb more and more of the time 



18 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

and attention of its members. This is true, also, of all the sub-committees. 
A great effort is being made to have the entertainment features, of them- 
selves, such as will attract a large nxmiber of visitors; and in this line a 
great deal of work is being done on the automobile parade. 

"This is not to be simply a long line of horseless carriages for the 
delegates to look at, but the latter are to be invited to step in and take 
a seat. They will then be taken on a ride over one of the most historical 
routes that could be found in this coimtry. It will follow out the famous 
ride of Paul Revere. From within sight of the tower of the Old North 
Church, — from which the famous rider received his signal, — and from 
within sight of the Bunker Hill Monument, the party wiU move out on 
the Bay Road now known as Massachusetts Avenue. 

"Over the Charles River into Cambridge the visitors will be taken 
past Harvard College and the old Washington elm, where Washington 
assumed command of the Army of the Revolution. Here, also, will be 
seen the old Longfellow home and the house where James Russell Lowell 
lived." 

The article continues descriptive of what is to be seen on the trip 
and closes with an allusion to the Living Flag. 

The Monitor, Concord, N.H., July 16, cUscourses thus: 

"Fourteen years ago historic old Boston welcomed the Grand Army 
of the Republic, and the reception which New England tendered the 
'vets' has long been remembered. The gala appearance of the Puri- 
tanical old city, and the magnificent miUtary pageant which marched 
through the crooked streets, lined with cheering throngs, made the G.A.R. 
reunion of '94 a memorable event. 

"In fom-teen years many changes have taken place in the ranks of 
these sturdy soldiers; and while they may lack the quick step of their 
former Boston march, they are still ready for duty, and at the annual 
Encampment in Boston this year, August 15 to 20, it is anticipated that 
over one himdred thousand people will visit the city, and over forty 
thousand will be in parade. Visitors are expected from every quarter 
of the country, and the same care and watchfulness will follow the G.A.R. 
visitors which was exercised over the large gathering of teachers as- 
sembled here last summer. Boston is an ideal convention city. Hotel 
proprietors, citizens and boarding-house keepers all unite in doing their 
utmost for the ease and comfort of the visitors. As a city of interest, 
Boston is without an equal; the many famous landmarks, historical 
buildings and places in Boston and the suburbs make it doubly attractive 
as a convention city." 

The Fort Worth Register, Texas, thus refers to action of the R. E. 
Lee Camp United Confederates, July 17: 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 19 

"An invitation from the Kinsley Post, Grand Army of the Republic, 
an organization composed of gentlemen prominent in social and business 
circles of Boston, to a reception in Faneuil Hall, August 15, was received 
by the camp. It is the intention of the Kinsley Post to have as many 
Confederate soldiers as possible attend the reception. 

" The invitation was received, filed and accepted and the commander 
was instructed to write a letter of acceptance." 

The Enquirer, Cincinnati, July 31, remarks: 

"The National Encampment of the G.A.R. wU be held in Boston 
the week commencing August 15, and in point of nimibers promises to 
be one of the largest gatherings of veterans since the close of the Civil 
War, while in magnitude of interest and entertainment it will equal, 
and perhaps eclipse, all previous meetings of this character. 

"The grand old Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the 
'Hub,' aware that this is, probably, the last time that the Bay State will 
have within her borders a full representation of this glorious organization, 
intends to make the occasion a memorable one. Princely contributions 
from individuals to the entertainment fund have been supplemented by 
liberal appropriations by the state and city. 

"Committees have been formed, and carefully prepared plans for- 
mulated, for the care, comfort and entertainment of the Civil War veter- 
ans, their families and friends. The skill, ingenuity and ability of those 
trained in the art of pleasing and entertaining will be fully tried and 
employed to edify and delight the great mvdtitude of guests. 

"Boston patriotism, backed by energy and the ambition to ecUpse 
all previous efforts, will extend the New England hospitality which is 
commensurate with the grandeur and dignity worthy of the memorable 
event." 

Supplementary to the work of Invitation Committees and Corre- 
spondence Clubs in the many Departments were the thousands of 
personal letters that comrades and their friends were writing to friends 
and acquaintances almost everywhere. While the dwellers in New 
England are well aware that their area is limited and that on the score 
of fertihty her soil is not the richest, yet she also knows that extent of 
territory does not necessarily arouse interest. Were it so how brief 
would be the story of ancient Greece or that of Great Britain, how 
extended the annals of Russia and China! The works of man, for 
more than a quarter of a millenial, have glossed the entire section 
to a degree possessed by no equal number of square miles in the West- 
ern World. It was, then, with the utmost confidence that Boston, 
the metropolis of New England, extended her invitation to all inter- 
ested to come down by Massachusetts Bay and stay a week. An 



20 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

eager public heard the invitation and accepted it in a manner cordial 
and enthusiastic, and their visit is history. 

Headquarters for those ha\dng in hand the work of preparation 
came early after the decision in San Francisco to assemble next in 
Boston. Fortunately the recently erected Old South Building, on 
the corner of Washington and Milk streets, afforded just the accommo- 
dations necessary, and from Room 347 went forth the voluminous corre- 
spondence which set in motion agencies, throughout this great country, 
whose aim was the gathering in Boston in 1904 of the largest possible 
array of the veterans who in their prime had furnished material for 
whole libraries of history. It was a place of most intense actixaty 
of the leading figures in the corps of directors, and for months many a 
clerk and secretary were kept busy with letters to every state and 
territory in the Union, besides those to all parts of the habitable globe, 
for the Civil War veteran has become a great wanderer on the face 
of the earth. 



ORGANIZATION OF COMMITTEES. 

THE Committee appointed in 1903 to extend the invitation to the 
National Encampment of that year to hold its next meeting in 
Boston was composed of men accustomed to the handling of large 
interests, and several of them were experienced in the very matters so 
soon to be again prominent. Comrades Innis, Olin and Haskell were 
members of the Executive Committee of the Encampment in 1890, 
and Silas A. Barton was the Secretary of the General Committee at 
that time. Hence they were no novices to whom were intrusted the 
preparatory labors of the approaching assembly. 

When appointed, this Committee was given power to add to its 
numbers, and this it proceeded to do at an early date. From the nature 
of the case it was desirable that the members of the Committee should 
be residents of Boston or in the immediate neighborhood. For this 
reason a scanning of the names will reveal none farther off than 
Worcester, except that of Dwight O. Judd of Holyoke, who was the 
comrade inviting the Encampment to \'isit Boston, and was the De- 
partment Commander when the original Conunittee was appointed. 
Naturally he became the Chairman of the full Committee. The Vice- 
Chairman, Lucius Field of Clinton, was Department Commander when 
the Encampment came, and Elisha T. Harvell of Rockland was the 
Quartermaster of the Department. It appeared to be the aim of those 
selecting additional members to take those who had been Depart- 
ment Commanders as far as their proximity to Boston would warrant. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 21 

Indeed, outside of former Commanders, only the following were 
chosen: viz., J. Payson Bradley of Boston and Junior Vice-Commander 
of the Department, Allison M. Stickney of Medford, Charles S. Clerke 
and Cranmore N . Wallace of Boston. The name of James Bruerton only . 
of the original Committee, is missed from the list as finally arranged. 
Comrade Bruerton, who was elected Secretary of the Executive Com- 
mittee and served till Nov. 21, 1903, on account of business demands 
resigned both as Secretary and member of the Committee, though 
strongly urged to remain. 

The following rules of organization were adopted by the Execu- 
tive Committee : 

I. The name of tlais body shall be the Executive Committee for the 
National Encampment, G. A. R., Boston, 1904. 

II. The membership of this Committee shall be twenty-one, but 
additional members may be elected from time to time if occasion shall 
require. 

III. The officers of this Committee shall be a Chairman, Vice- 
Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, and such others as may be found neces- 
sary. 

IV. The Executive Committee shall have full and exclusive control 
of all moneys and other valuable considerations contributed for the 
purposes of the Encampment. 

V. The Executive Committee shall also have charge of all details 
for the proper reception and entertainment of the Thirty-eighth National 
Encampment and of all other societies meeting at the same time. 

VI. There shall be auxiliary committees as follows: 

Accommodations Finance Music 

Auditing Grand Stands Parade 

Badges Horses and Carriages Press 

Decorations Information Printing 

Entertainment Invitations Reception 

Faneuil Hall Entertain- Medical and PubUc Reunions 

ment Comfort Transportation 

VII. The chairman of each auxiliary committee shall be appointed 
by the Chairman of the Executive Committee from the membership of 
the Executive Committee, subject to the approval of the Committee. 

VIII. Members of auxiliary committees shall be appointed by the 
chairman thereof, subject to the approval of the Executive Committee. 

IX. It shall be the duty of each sub-committee to organize by the 
selection of a Secretary, who shall keep the records of such sub-committee 
and make written reports direct to the Executive Committee, or through 
its Secretary. 

X. No member of the Executive Committee, or any auxiliary com- 



22 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

mittee or member thereof, shall in any manner involve the Executive 
Committee in any expenditure, liability or obligation without the author- 
ity of the Executive Committee previously granted by vote at a regular 
meeting and duly recorded. 

In accordance with these rules committees were constituted as 

follows : 

Executive. 
DwiGHT O. JuDD, Holyoke, Chairman. 

Lucius Field, CUnton, Vice-Chairman. 

Silas A. Barton, Waltham, Secretary, Badges. 
Charles H. Baker, Lynn. 

WiLMON W. Blackmar, Boston. 
J. Payson Bradley, Boston. 

Charles S. Clerke, Boston. 

George W. Creasey, Chelsea. 

John E. Oilman, Boston. 

Eli W. Hall, Lynn, Mass. 
Elisha T. Harvell, Rockland. 

Edward H. Haskell, Newton. 

George H. Innis, Milton. 

Charles D. Nash, Chelsea. 

William M. Olin, Boston. 
Peter D. Smith, Andover. 

A. B. R. Sprague, Worcester. 

Allison M. Stickney, Medford. 

Joseph W. Thayer, Chelsea. 

Cranmore N. Wallace, Boston. 

Wilfred A. Wetherbee, Boston. 

General. 

Hon. John D. Long, President. 
Vice-Presidents: His Excellency John L. Bates, Governor. 

His Honor Curtis Guild, Jr., Lieutenant Governor. 

Hon. Patrick A. Collins, Mayor of Boston. 

Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge. 
Hon. George F. Hoar. 

Hon. W. Murray Crane. 

Gen. William F. Draper. 

Hon. W. H. Moody. 
Rev. Edward Everett Hale. 

Col. William H. Dyer. 

Hon. J. Q. A. Brackett. 

Gen. Charles H. Taylor. 

Silas A. Barton, Secretary. 

Hon. John W. Weeks, Treasurer, 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 23 

Rev. Edward Anderson, Quincy. 

Hon. William E. Barrett, Boston Advertiser. 
Charles B. Barnes, Boston. 

Charles H. Bond, 128 Commonwealth Avenue. 
Francis Bartlett, 40 State Street. 

Albert G. Boyden, Bridgewater, Mass. 
Dr. Francis H. Brown, The Buckminster. 

Col. Everett C. Benton, 20 Ealby Street, Boston. 
Gen. Robert A. Blood, State House, Boston. 
Col. A. George Bullock, Worcester, Mass. 
I. T. Burr, 60 State Street, Boston. 

Hon. Edw. B. Callender, State House, Boston. 
James D. Clark (Mihtary Committee), State House, Boston. 
Hon. Alvin B. Chamberlain, State House, Boston. 
George P. Gushing, 7 Rowe's Wharf, Boston. 

Col. Stephen M. Crosby, 60 State Street, Boston. 

Gen. Edgar R. Champlin, 5 Tremont Street, Room 46. 
Caleb Chase, 200 High Street, Boston. 
Hon. Henry E. Cobb, Newton, Mass. 
M. C. Clough, Lynn, Mass. 

Hon. Eben S. Draper, 90 Marlboro Street, Boston. 
William R. Driver, 119 Milk Street, Boston. 

Rev. Samuel A. Eliot, 25 Beacon Street, Boston. 
Hon. W. H. H. Emmons, 285 Meridian Street, East Boston. 
Stetson Foster, 39 Franklin Street, Boston. 

Eugene N. Foss, 8 Everett Street, Jamaica Plain. 
William E. Fuller, Jr., Fall River, Mass. 
Samuel P. Gates, Bridgewater, Mass. 
John W. Hersey, Springfield, Mass. 
George A. Hibbard, 76 Postoffice Building, Boston. 
Rev. E. A. Horton, 25 Beacon Street, Boston. 
Rev. Dr. Henson, Tremont Temple, Boston. 

Harry M. Holbrook, 27 State Street, Boston. 
John H. Holmes, Boston Herald. 

Sidney M. Hedges, 45 Milk Street, Boston. 
N. Wilbur Jordan, 53 State Street, Boston. 

Hon. Paul H. Kendricken, 80 Sudbury Street, Boston. 
Hon. Loren P. Keyes, State House, Boston. 

D. Webster King, 166 High Street, Boston. 

Henry M. Lockhn (Mihtary Committee), State House, 
Boston. 
John B. Lowney (Military Committee), State House, Boston. 
Thomas W. Lawson, State Street, Boston. 

Hon. George A. Marden, 60 Postoffice Building, Boston. 
Oliver W. Mink, 96 Ames Building, Boston. 

George W. Mitton, 450 Washington Street, Boston. 



24 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

Samuel R. Mandell, Boston Transcript. 
Frank E. Munsey, Boston Journal. 
Philip W. Moen, Worcester, Mass. 

Hon. William A. Nye, State House, Boston. 
R. W. Nason, 203 Barristers' Hall. 
Charles H. Newhall, Lynn, Mass. 

Hon. Henry M. Phillips, Springfield, Mass. 

Hon. Herbert Parker, State House, Boston. 
Hon. William B. Plunkett, Adams, Mass. 

Hon. David G. Pratt, State House, Boston. 
Winthrop E. Perry (Military Committee), State House, Boston. 
Elmer C. Potter (Mihtary Committee), State House, Boston. 

Samuel L. Porter (Military Committee), State House, Boston. 
Capt. David T. Remington, State House, Boston. 

William Howell Reed, Jr., 10 Broad Street, Room 424. 
Gen. Thomas Sherwin, 101 Milk Street, Boston. 

Edward J. Sennott (Military Committee), State House, Boston. 

George A. Schofield (Military Committee), State House, Boston. 
Albert Stone, 209 Barristers' Hall. 
A. Shuman, Boston, Mass. 
B. F. Spinney, Lynn, Mass. 

James P. Steams, President ShawTnut Bank, Boston. 
Hon. Stephen SaUsbury, Worcester, Mass. 

Thomas F. Temple, 2 Woods Street, Dorchester. 
Charies A. Vialle, 95 Milk Street, Boston. 

Rev. Thomas Van Ness, Brookline, Mass. 
Hon. William Whiting, Holyoke, Mass. 

Albert T. Whiring, 69 Worcester Street, Boston. 
Hon. John M. Woods, State House, Boston. 

Frank G. Webster, 167 Commonwealth Avenue. 
Robert P. Clapp, Lexington, Mass. 

Timothy Remick, 483 Atlantic Avenue, Boston. 



Finance. 

Edward H. Haskell, Chairman, 176 Federal Street, Boston. 
Albert Clarke, Secretary, 77 Summer Street, Boston. 

John W. Weeks, Treasurer, 53 State Street, Boston. 
Melvin O. Adams, Tremont Building, Boston. 
Charles B. Amory, 70 Kilby Street, Boston. 

Fred E. Atteaiix, 178 Purchase Street, Boston. 
Calvin Austin, 368 Atlantic Avenue, Boston. 

William A. Bancroft, 101 Milk Street, Boston. 
Herbert Barnes, Hotel Brunswick, Boston. 

Jacob P. Bates, 222 Summer Street, Boston. 

Thomas P. Beal, Second National Bank, Boston. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 25 

Everett C. Benton, 20 Kilby Street, Boston. 
John T. Boyde, 12 Pearl Street, Boston. 

Robert M. Burnett, 9 Bosworth Street, Boston. 

Samuel B. Capen, 350 Washington Street, Boston. 
Fred B. Carpenter, 92 Water Street, Boston. 

J. Richard Carter, 246 Devonsliire Street, Boston. 
Caleb Chase, 200 High Street, Boston. 

H. E. Converse, 101 Milk Street, Boston. 
W. Murray Crane, Dalton, Mass. 

Frank A. Day, 55 Congress Street, Boston. 

Charles F. Dowse, 229 Franklin Street, Boston. 
Eben S. Draper, Hopedale, Mass. 

William F. Draper, Hopedale, Mass. 

George H. Ellis, 272 Congress Street, Boston. 

Arthur F. Estabrook, 348 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston. 
Arthur C. Farley, 141 Essex Street, Boston. 
A. M. Ferris, Newton, Mass. 

Thomas B. Fitzpatrick, Ivingston Street, Boston. 

William M. Flanders, 14 So. Market Street, Boston. 
Eugene N. Foss, Jamaica Plain, Mass. 

Charles T. Gallagher, 209 Wasliington Street, Boston. 
William A. Gaston, 70 State Street, Boston. 

Gorham D. Gilman, Franklin Street, Boston. 
Edw. Glines, Somer^^lle, Mass. 

C. H. Greenleaf, Hotel Vendome, Boston. 

E. A. Grozier, 265 Washington Street, Boston. 
J. M. W. Hall, Exchange Building, Boston. 
Edw. Hamlin, 30 Congress Street, Boston. 

Charles A. Haskell, 176 Federal Street, Boston. 

William E. Haskell, 255 Washington Street, Boston. 

John C. Haynes, care of Oliver Ditson Company, Boston. 
Sidney M. Hedges, 45 Milk Street, Boston. 

Joshua B. Holden, 92 State Street, Boston. 

John Hopewell, 129 Wasliington Street, Boston. 
H. O. Houghton, 4 Park Street, Boston. 

H. W. Huguley, 134 Canal Street, Boston. 

George Hutchinson, 113 Federal Street, Boston. 
Jerome Jones, 51 Federal Street, Boston. 

Eben D. Jordan, 450 Washington Street, Boston. 
B. F. Keith, Washington Street, Boston. 

Fred G. King, 205 Lincoln Street, Boston. 

S. C. Lawrence, 26 Lancaster Street, Boston. 
Thomas W. Lawson, State Street, Boston. 

George H. Leonard, 78 High Street, Boston. 

John Mason Little, 317 Dartmouth Street, Boston. 
Francis H. Manning, 138 Federal Street, Boston. 

Charles E. Mellen, President N.Y., N.H. & H. R.R. 



26 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

Henry F. Miller, 88 Boylston Street, Boston. 
E. W. Mitchell, Medfield, Mass. 

Charles H. Moulton, 155 Lincoln Street, Boston. 
S. B. Newton, Faneuil Hall Market, Boston. 
Joseph H. O'Neil, 95 Milk Street, Boston. 

C. E. Osgood, 744 Washington Street, Boston. 
G. F. D. Paine, 48 Canal Street, Boston. 

Henry W. Peabody, Mason Building, Boston. 
Charles Pfaff, 17 Otis Street, Boston. 

James Phillips, Jr., Hotel Touraine, Boston. 

Benjamin Pliipps, Winthrop Square, Boston. 

E. L. Pickard, Newton, Mass. 

Wallace L. Pierce, Tremont Street, Boston. 

Col. Albert A. Pope, 221 Columbus Avenue, Boston. 

Elwyn G. Preston, Chamber of Commerce, Boston. 
Arnold A. Rand, 19 Milk Street, Boston. 
A. C. Ratchesky, United States Trust Company, Boston. 
Wilham B. Rice, 12 High Street, Boston. 

Spencer W. Richardson, 40 Water Street, Boston. 
E. L. Ripley, 72 Lincoln Street, Boston. 

William H. Sayward, 166 Devonshire Street, Boston. 
John Shepard, 30 Winter Street, Boston. 

W. P. Shreve, 147 Tremont Street, Boston. 

A. Shuman, Cor. Summer and Washington Streets, Boston. 
S. Henry Skilton, 31 India Street, Boston. 

George S. Smith, 100 Chauncy Street, Boston. 
James P. Stearns, 60 Congress Street, Boston. 

Frank W. Stearns, 140 Tremont Street, Boston. 
Ephraim Stearns, Summer Street, Boston. 

Thomas Talbot, 194 Wasliington Street, Boston. 

Charles H. Taylor, 244 Washington Street, Boston. 

W. L. Terhune, 11 Columbia Street, Boston. 
W. A. Tower, Lexington, Mass. 

Lucius Tuttle, President B. &. M. R.R., 3 North Station. 
Fred H. Viaux, 53 State Street, Boston. 

Arthur C. Walworth, Newton Centre, Mass. 
Samuel Ward, 50 Franklin Street, Boston. 

J. R. Whipple, Parker House, Boston. 

Sherman L. Whipple, Tremont Building, Boston. 

Wilham White, 885 Washington Street, Boston. 

H. M. Whitney, President Chamber of Commerce, Boston. 
John M. Woods, Somer\-ille, Mass. 

Frank L. Young, 111 Purchase Street, Boston. 



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Accommodations. 

John E. Gilman, Chairman, 43 Hawkins Street, Boston. 

John E. Gilman, Jr., Secretary, 1114 Old South Building, Boston. 

SUB-COMMITTEES. 

On Encampment Hall: John E. Gilman, Clmirman, and Silas A. Barton, 

Boston. 
On Hotels: William M. Olin, Chairman, Edwin Seaver and William W 

Da\Ts, Boston. 
On Halls for Reunions: J. Payson Bradley, Chairman, and Wilfred A. 

Wetherbee, Boston, and Orra L. Stone, CUnton. 
On Camps and Free Quarters: J. Henry Brown, Chairman, Charles K. 

Darling, Charles E. Hapgood, !\Iichael P. Curran, Hugh Mon- 
tague and PerUe A. Dyar, Boston. 
On Boarding and Lodging Houses: E. B. StilUngs, Chairman, J. Henry 

Brown, Joseph H. Smith, Fred E. Bolton and James H. Wolff, 

Boston. 
On Supplies: Charles E. Osgood, Chairman, William White, John E. 

Gilman, Jr., Boston, and Orra L. Stone, Clinton. 

Auditing. 

Elisha T, Harvell, Chairman, State House, Boston. 

Edward P. Preble, Secretary, State House, Boston. 

Charles D. Nash, Soldiers' Home, Chelsea. 

Badges. 

Silas A. Barton, Cfmirman, 347 Old South Building, Boston. 

Col. Charles K. DarUng, Secretary, 817 Old South Building, Boston. 
. Lucius Field, Clinton, Mass. 

George H. Innis, 711 Norfolk Street, Mattapan. 

Col. William M. OHn, State House, Boston. 

Decorations. 

W. A. Wetherbee, Chairman, Boylston Building, Boston. 
W. W. Montgomery, Secretary, Newton, Mass. 
George E. Dean, Taunton, Mass. 

D. H. L. Gleason, Natick, Mass. 

H. S. Treadwell, Supt. S.B. P.O., South Boston. 
Eli W. HaU, Lynn, Mass. 

Entertainment. 
Charles H. Baker, Chairynan, 589 Essex Street, LjTin, Mass. 

Joseph B. Maccabe, Secretary, Office East Boston Argus, East Boston. 
Leonard D. Ahl, 10 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston. 
George E. Henry, 508 Colonial Building, Boston. 



28 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

Elliot C. Lee, Warren Street, Brookline, Mass. 

William M. Olin, State House, Boston. 

Joseph E. Shaw, State House, Boston. 

John S. Bartlett, 53 State St., Boston. 
Eugene B. Eraser, Lynn, Mass. 

Faneuil Hall Entertainment. 

Joseph W. Thayer, Cimirman, Chelsea, Mass. 

Thomas J. Tute, Secretary, 77 Church Street, Boston. 
Ered E. Bolton, 1 Beacon Street, Boston. 

J. Henry Brown (A. & H. A. Co.), Armory. 

George A. J. Colgan, 65 Old Harbor Street, South Boston. 
Capt. Jacob Fottler, 57 Chestnut Street, Boston. 
J. Frank Giles, 55 Eranklin Street, Boston. 
George F. Hall (A. & H. A. Co.), Armory. 

Fred Parker Ham, 152 Portland Street, Boston. 

William H. Robertson (A. & H. A. Co.), Armory. 
Lieut. Edward SuUivan, 31 Milk Street, Boston. 
Henry Wade (A. & H. A. Co.), Armory. 

Col. C. N. Wallace, 133 Essex Street, Boston. 

Grand Stands. 

Peter D. Smith, Chairman, Andover, Mass. 

Fred E. Bolton, Secretary, 4 Montrose Street, Roxburj'. 

Joseph B. Maccabe, Office East Boston Argus, East Boston. 
James Mulcahy, City Hall, Boston. 
Edward P. Preble, State House, Boston. 

Joseph W. Thayer, Chelsea, Mass. 

Hon. John M. Woods, State House, Boston, Mass. 
Francis A. Osborne, Hingham, Mass. 

John W. Kimball, Fitchburg, Mass. 
Horace B. Sargent, Santa Monica, Cal. 

Wm. H. Bartlett, Worcester, Mass. 

John D. Billings, Canton, Mass. 

Myron P. Walker, Belchertown, Mass. 

James K. Churchill, Worcester, Mass. 

Horses and Carriages. 

Allison M. Stickney, Chairman, Medford, Mass. 

Sumner H. Foster, Secretary, 1117 Old South Building, Boston. 
Henry Joune, 5 Knapp Street, Boston. 

Charles Kenney, 23 Charles Street, Boston. 

Ernest Mieusset, 840 Washington Street, Boston. 
Gen. J. H. Whitney, Medford, Mass. 

William L. F. Oilman, 1114 Old South Building, Boston. 



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Information. 

George W. Creasey, Chairman, Soldiers' Home, Chelsea. 

W. A. Stevens, Secretary, PostofEce, Foreign Department. 
Charles C. Adams, 112 Water Street, Boston. 
H. M. Holbrook, State Street, Boston. 

A. J. Hoitt, Pension Office, Postoffice Building, Boston. 
George E. Hunt, 58 Union Street, Boston. 

Joseph B. Maccabe, Office East Boston Argus, East Boston. 
Charles D. Nash, Soldiers' Home, Chelsea. 

Dudley C. Purbeek, 134 Union Street, Boston. 
Orra L. Stone, Clinton, Mass. 

W. L. Gage, Box 56, Braintree, Mass. 

Invitations. 

Eli W. Hall, Clmirman, Lynn, Mass. 

Frank E. Orcutt, Secretary, 19 Milk Street, Room .35, Boston. 
Wilmon W. Blackmar, 95 Milk Street, Boston. 
Lucius Field, Clinton, Mass. 

George L. Goodale, Astoria, Oregon. 
Elisha T. Harvell, State House, Boston. 
John W. Hersey, Springfield, Mass. 

Arthur A. Smith, Lyonsville, Mass. 

E. B. Stillings, 368 Congress Street, Boston. 

Edw. H. Haskell, 176 Federal Street, Boston. 
John M. Deane, Fall River, Mass. 

Medical and Public Comfort. 

Charles S. Clerke, Clmirman, 153 West Canton Street, Boston. 
Albert L. Wyinan, Secretary, 79 Berkeley Street, Boston. 
Hon. Albert H. Brackett, State House, Boston. 
Hon. Dudley S. Begley, State House, Boston. 

Dr. Howard S. Deering, 607 Tremont Street, Boston. 
Hon. Charles H. Innes, 23 Court Street, Boston. 
Dr. Walter R. Mansfield, 202 Huntington Avenue, Boston. 

Dr. Otis H. Marion, 22 Harvard Avenue, AUston Station, Boston. 
Dr. Horace E. Marion, 5 Sparhawk Street, Brighton. 
Dr. J. Q. A. McColHster, Waltham, Mass. 

Dr. Frank G. Watson, 219 Roxbury Street, Roxbury. 

Music. 

William M. Olin, Chairman, State House, Boston. 

George E. Henry, Secretary, 508 Colonial Building, Boston. 

John M. Flockton, 70 Broomfield Street, Dorchester. 
John E. Oilman, 43 Hawkins Street, Boston. 
George W. Mirick, Worcester, Mass. 



30 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

John L. Parker, Lynn, Mass. 

W. A. Wetherbee, Boylston Building, Boston. 
Isaac F. Kingsbury, Newton, Mass. 

Charles D. Nash, Soldiers' Home, Chelsea. 
James J. O'Brien, Ayer. 

Parade. 

Col. Cranmore N. Wallace, Chairman, 133 Essex Street, Boston. 

Lieut.-Col. Bowdoin S. Parker, Secretary, 31 Milk Street, Boston. 
Major-Gen. William A. Bancroft, 101 Milk Street, Boston. 
Lieut. F. C. Brownell (MiUtary Editor Herald), 255 Washington Street, 
Boston. 
Brig.-Gen. Fred B. Carpenter, 92 Water Street, Boston. 
Col. Edw. E. Currier, 170 Washington Street, Boston. 

Press. 

Gen. A. B. R. Sprague, Chairman, Worcester, Mass. 

Joseph B. Maccabe, Secretary, Office East Boston Argus, East Boston. 
Walter E. Adams, Herald Office, Boston. 

Silas A. Barton, 347 Old South Building, Boston. 

Paul F. Brown, President of the Press Club, Boston. 
Michael P. Curran, Mayor's Office, City Hall, Boston. 
J. Harry Hartley, Globe Office, Boston. 
William M. Ohn, State House, Boston. 

George Fred Richmond, Herald Office, Boston. 
A. B. Smalley, Transcript Office, Boston. 

Printing. 

Charles D. Nash, Chairman, Soldiers' Home, Chelsea. 

Silas A. Barton, 347 Old South Building, Boston. 

John E. Oilman, Jr., 1114 Old South Building, Boston. 

Reception. 

Gen. Wihnon W. Blackmar, Chairman, 95 Milk Street, Boston. 
Col. James A. Frye, Secretary, South Armory, Boston. 

His Excellency, John L. Bates, Governor, State House, Boston. 
Hon. Curtis Gviild, Jr., Lieutenant Governor, State House, 
Boston. 
Hon. Patrick A. Collins, Mayor of Boston, City Hall, Boston. 

Hon. George R. Jones, President of the Senate, State House, Boston. 
Hon. Louis A. Frothingham, Speaker of the House, State House, 
Boston. 
Hon. James M. Doyle, Chairman Board of Aldermen, City 
Hall, Boston. 



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Hon. Arthur W. Dolan, President of the Common Council, City Hall, Boston. 
William E. Butler, 90 Tremont Street, Boston. 

Gen. Fred B. Carpenter, 92 Water Street, Boston. 
Col. Charles K. Dariing, 817 Old South Building. 
Lucius Field, Clinton, Mass. 

Edwin A. Grozier, 259 Washington Street. 
Fred G. King, 205 Lincoln Street. 
Charles E. Mellen, N.Y., N.H. & H. R.R., South Station. 
Orra L. Stone, Bank Building, Clinton. 

Lucius Tuttle, President B. & M. R.R., 3 North Station. 

Edgar Van Etten, Vice-President N.Y. C. & H. R. R.R. 
William White, 885 Wasliington Street. 
Capt. A. J. Hoitt, Lynn, Mass. 

George A. Marden, Federal Bldg., Boston, Mass. 

Reunions. 

J. Payson Bradley, Chairman, 24 Purchase Street, Boston. 
J. E. Gilman, Jr., Secretary, 1114 Old South Building. 
Albert C. Andrews, 75 Main Street, Gloucester. 

J. Henry Brown, 3 Tremont Street, Charlestown. 

Col. Charles K. Darling, 817 Old South Building. 
Orra L. Stone, Bank Building, Chnton. 

Wilfred A. Wetherbee, Boylston Building, Boston. 
John Farley, South Boston. 

WilUam H. Lee, Room 42, 15 School Street. 
James H. Greene, 79 Rutland Square. 

George H. Innis, 1368 Blue HiU Avenue. 

Transportation. 

George H. Innis, Chairman, Blue Hill Parkway, Milton. 

George H. Watson, Secretary, 67 Federal Street, Boston. 
J. E. Brittain, 368 Washington Street, Boston. 
Elmer Chickering, 21 West Street, Boston. 

Col. Edward E. Currier, 170 Washington Street, Boston, 
George C. Daniels, 228 Washington Street, Boston. 

W. A. Dolan, C. & G. W. Ry., 294 Washington Street. 

Loms W. Ewald, Missouri Pacific Ry., 192 Wasliington Street. 
D. J. Flanders, 5 North Station, Boston. 

C. E. Foster, 279 Wasliington Street, Boston. 

A. H. Hanscom, Gen. Pass. Agent, Eastern S.S. Co. 
A. S. Hanson, 253 South Station, Boston. 

T. H. Hanley, Vermont Central Ry., 360 Washington Street, Boston. 
A. C. Kendall, 544 South Station, Boston. 

Willard Massey, U.P. Ry., Washington Street. 

J. D. McBeath, 176 Washington Street, Boston. 



32 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

W. J. McLean, Illinois Central, 306 Washington Street. 
K. E. Palmer, Rock Island, 288 Washington Street. 

G. N. Roberts, Pennsylvania Ry., 205 Washington Street. 

A. J. Simmons (Simmons & Masters), Old South Building, 
Boston. 
Joseph P. Taggart, 360 Washington Street, B. & O. Ry. 
N. E. Weeks, 67 Federal Street, Boston. 



BOSTON ALL READY. 

HOWEVER far away the 15th of August seemed when the work of 
preparation began, the day at last was near at hand. Already the 
Far West had started its reiDresentatives and when, Saturday, the 
13th of August, the blue-coated veterans began to appear at the great 
Union stations of the city, there were few railway lines in the land 
that were not proving that then all roads led to Boston rather than 
Rome, and could one have had a bird's-eye glance of the United States 
from Maine to Oregon he would have seen scores of trains, heavily 
loaded with excursionists, every one ticketed through to the sea. 
Need there be any wonder that Americans are the best informed people 
in the world? Large as their country is, they have given more time 
and money to its exploration than have the dwellers elsewhere to their 
surroundings, be they wide or narrow, and no one agency has done so 
much for continental travel as the Grand Army of the Republic in its 
annual Encampments. It has prompted the people in all parts of the 
land to know not only themselves, but the land in which they live. 
Not the least interesting of the many visitors to Boston at this time 
were the few scores of ex-Confederates, and if, at some future period. 
New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington or Chicago should tender 
a reception to the whole list of surviving Confederates, more would be 
done to impress ujDon those honest Johnnies the extent and impor- 
tance of the country they were mercifully saved from destroying than 
any other means yet employed. A march from the Battery to Central 
Park would be an eye-opener to the "Boys in Gray" hardly inferior to 
Gettysburg and Appomattox, though along entirely different lines. 

Boston is ready. The governments of state and city had listened 
to the call for funds; the business public likewise had responded, and 
those delegated to expend the money had devoted themselves to their 
tasks till they were anxious to meet the visitors and to hear their 
plaudits of "Well done." 

The Boston of 1904 and the Massachusetts of the same year had 
grown somewhat in numbers from the city and state of 1890. Then 



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Boston had a population of 448,477 souls, now 590,000, away beyond 
the half million mark; then the Bay State had inhabitants to the 
number of 2,238,943, now the population exceeds 3,000,000. Four- 
teen years mark gi-eat changes in humanity. Thousands of the vocif- 
erous observers then have paid the debt to nature due, but their places 
are more than made good by their children and the later arrivals from 
abroad, whose faces glow with curiosity as to what it is all about. 
The Parade is to be over a shorter route than that of the earlier date, 
for the marching feet have trodden life's pathway many a wear}' mile 
since then and they cannot endure the exactions of younger days. 

It is to be essentially a parade of the men in the ranks. The 
officers of high position who led these veterans in the long ago have 
themselves joined their " Boys in Blue " beyond the river. Grant at 
Riverside, Sherman in St. Louis, Sheridan in ArUngton, Thomas at 
West Point, Hancock, Meade, Hooker and scores of others for whom, 
erstwhile, the masses lifted high their shout are at rest. Only a few 
of the leaders remain. Then the President of the nation, himself a 
veteran, was pleased to let Boston and the veterans know how thor- 
oughly his heart beat with theirs in the celebration of another year 
of life, but as these veterans from the ranks are the men who carried 
the guns and really did the fighting it is meet that they should receive 
the applause. 

Perhaps the possibilities of display in bunting were never more 
thoroughly realized than when the good people of the city hung out 
the flag and the national colors on this occasion. Wherever it was 
probable that the eye of a visitor would wander, there something 
had been done to remind the beholder that the "Hub" appreciated 
his coming and intended he should know that he was more than 
welcome. Emblems of every possible form and design indicated 
recollections of some phase of the struggle in which some person or 
persons have peculiar interest. Until they were flung to the sun and 
the breezes, no one could have believed that so much red, white 
and blue had been latent in staid old Boston. So profuse and ex- 
tended are the decorations, that they cannot all be put in place till 
Sunday, and many a patriotic citizen solaced himself, as he broke 
the Sabbath, with the reflection that he was sinning in a good cause. 

In prominent store windows are seen relics of the struggle, and 
crowds readily gather to gaze, ponder and wonder. Perhaps no one 
item attracts more attention than the flag for which Colonel Elmer E. 
Ellsworth gave up his young life at the very dawning of the strife. 
This was the choice exhibition in the window of the Theodore Metcalf 
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34 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

for supply, and the pressure reached such a pass that every one having 
the least possibility of ability to furnish them was obliged to walk 
on back streets to avoid the rush for his ear. One of the choicest 
cartoons of Saturday showed the ever-genial General Blackmar re- 
ceiving the request of a beautiful lady, and the wonder of the reader 
was whether his smile betokened "Yes" or "No." Meanwhile comes 
the statement over the telegraph that all facilities for transportation 
from the West are taken, that the Grand Trunk alone is carrying 
5,000 people, that some entire Posts in Chicago are on the march 
and that the sale of tickets, generally, is unparalleled. 

The tone of the public press becomes, if not warlike, decidedly 
reminiscent, and all of Boston's papers give themselves up to a re- 
hearsal of what was, is and is to be. The Herald comes out in a 
Sunday edition of forty-eight pages, a large part of the same glowing 
with matter bearing on the coming jete and the causes which pro- 
duced it. The accomplished cartoonist leads off with a figure, ycleped 
Miss Boston, of elongated frame, ancient face and corkscrew curls, 
courtesying low to a masculine shape, in the uniform of long ago, 
which returns the salute with equal politeness, and he is the veteran 
come to call on "Ye Ancient Dame"! Forty-four faces, taken from 
the Living Flag, serve to make every one anxious to see the display 
itself. When another Encampment comes to Boston, the originals 
of these pretty semblances will be the active men and women of 
affairs in this or some other place. 

A whole page shows every one of the Commanders-in-Chief of 
the Grand Army from Stephenson to Black, thirty-three in all, the 
choicest of souvenirs of the veterans. On the next page are faces of 
nine former Commanders of the Massachusetts Department with 
sketches of its history. Also we have the faces of the Commanders 
of the other New England Departments. War songs and their 
authors with happy illustrations follow, and then comes Gettysburg 
with more representations of that greatest of death-struggles. There 
are two full pages given to New England's early response to the call 
of Lincoln, wherein the Sixth bore so conspicuous a part. 

Nor is the Woman's Relief Corps forgotten, since along with a 
Headquarters scene are faces of Mrs. Sarah E. Fuller and Mrs. Lizabeth 
A. Turner, both so prominent in the organization of the Order, and 
the smiling countenance of Clara Barton, easily the Angel of the 
Rebellion, as well as the spirit of the world-wide Red Cross benevo- 
lence. Quite apropos, also, is the story of Austin S. Cushman, the 
first Commander of the Department of Massachusetts, mth five 
illustrations of the man and his haunts. The editorial, devoted to 
the week and its lessons, is adequate and eloquent. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 35 

Scarcely had Boston read its papers on the 14th before it was 
roused to the reception of the rapidly arri\nng veterans and their 
friends. General John C. Black, his wife and family arrived at the 
South Station at 2.56 p.m. and were at once escorted to their hotel, 
the Vendome, where, for more than a week, there were to be for them 
very few quiet hours. Confederate guests of Post 113 come early, 
that they may miss no part in this national celebration. One of the 
noteworthy receptions of the day was at the South Station when 
seventj'-six veterans from Detroit, under the command of Thomas 
McGraw, were met by a big delegation of Boston shoe men, for was 
not the \nsiting Commander one of them? With music and acclaim, 
the stalwart Westerners were conducted through some of the principal 
streets to the Brunswick, where their headquarters were during the 
Encampment. Seldom had Boston seen uniforms so natty as those 
which bedecked the figures of the Michiganders ; black Prince Albert 
coats covered, in part, black trousers, regulation hats with gold cord 
surmounted Detroit heads, while beneath their chins shone the whitest 
of ties, hands were covered with buff gloves, which in turn clasped 
silver-headed canes. Something of a contrast these well-to-do citi- 
zens presented to what must have been their appearance when, at 
the close of the war, they came marching home. 

Even the churches catch up the theme and pulpits ring with 
words suggested by the day and hour, although in many cases it is 
vacation time. The Rev. Dr. Thomas Van Allen of the First Church 
on Marlboro Street defends war as a salutary measure under certain 
circumstances. In South Boston the Methodist pulpit is occupied 
by veteran comrades who tell of the past and its lessons. At Camp 
"Jack Adams" there are more than a thousand comrades who are 
acting as advance guard of the approaching hosts. Are they happy? 
Says one gi-izzled veteran from Pennsylvania, "This is fine, splendid! 
I've been to all of 'em, but was never so comfortable before." How 
easUy these men from everywhere get acquainted! Indeed, 
there is no introduction needed. Are they not all in blue, and is not 
the very air full of song and reminiscence? What a rehearsing of 
the old songs! Sherman, though long since mustered out, must have 
heard his old bo5^s "Marching through Georgia," while "Brave Boys 
are They," "Just Before the Battle, Mother," and "Tenting tonight 
on the Old Camp Ground " made the very arches ring. 

More than 100,000 people thronged the Public Garden this day 
and effectually tested all of its conveniences. So great was the 
crowd that at times the passage of the bridge had to be closed, while 
women fainted in the crush. Boston's poUcemen who had served in 
the war had the privilege, during the week, of wearing, in addition 



36 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

to their other decorations, the badge of the Grand Army, and proud 
officers they were in these blooming days! At night more than a 
thousand electric hghts set the Soldiers' Monument ablaze, while 
the Common and the Public Garden became fairyland. All this 
was prefatory to the week itself, for the Encampment was not ad- 
vertised to begin till Monday, the 15th of August. 



OPENING RECEPTIONS 

WHILE the day had been a busy one, the night was, if possible, 
more so. Business for hacks and carriages of all descriptions 
was good as prominent officers, civil and military, hurried from 
one place to another. To them, with hand-shaking and speech-making, 
besides lunches ad inpiitum, the evening was truly a memorable one. 
Readers of these pages will find certain names occurring in at least a half 
dozen places. At the Vendome, general Headquarters of the week, 
the Woman's Relief Corps gave one of the notable receptions of a 
remarkable night: 

"At the Vendome the reception given in the State suite by the 
national officers of the W.R.C., Mrs. Sarah D. Winans, president, to 
General Black of the G.A.R., was a brilliant affair. The rooms were 
profusely decorated with flowers, palms and the national colors, 
arranged under the charge of Mrs. Etta A. Lockhart, chairman of the 
floral committee. Thousands of people surged through the lobby 
and the staircases of the hotel, attending this and another reception 
so arranged as to time that the guests could go from one to the other. 
Those present were mostly members of the W.R.C., representing all 
parts of the country, together with a sprinkling of G.A.R. men. 
There was a number of distinguished guests who were presented to 
the various receiving parties, including both state and army officials. 

"In the State parlors, Mrs. Winans, W.R.C., stood in the receiv- 
ing line with General and Mrs. Black, Miss Clara Barton, founder of 
the American Red Cross Society; Mrs. Lodusky Taylor, past national 
president of the Woman's Relief Corps; Mrs. Luckens of South Da- 
kota, Mrs. Cook of Nebraska, both of the executive board; Mrs. Kate 
E. Jones, the national patriotic instructor, of New York, and Mrs. 
Annie M. Warne, the department president of the Massachusetts 
W.R.C. During the entire evening a woman's orchestra, which was 
stationed in one of the anterooms, played continuously. 

"As soon as the guests were presented to the national receiving 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 37 

party, they were ushered to another parlor, where they were pre- 
sented to the Department of Massachusetts, W.R.C., which gave a 
reception in honor of the G.A.R. Those who assisted the State 
Dejiartment to receive were Mrs. Annie M. Warne, president; James 
H. Wolff, senior vice department commander of Massachusetts G.A.R. ; 
Mis. Harriet A. Ralph, senior vice-president; Mrs. Ahce M. Goddard, 
junior vice-president; Past Department Commander D. 0. Judd; 
Mrs. Mary L. Gilman, past department president; Miss Mary E. 
Elliot, department secretary; Mrs. Sawyer, chaplain; Miss Sarah 
^lecuen, department instructor; Mrs. S. Jennie Tirrell, Mrs. Alice 
Gifford, Mrs. Beal and Mrs. Noyes of the executive board, and Mrs. 
Elizabeth Robbins Berry, department press correspondent. Later in the 
evening Miss Clara Barton was escorted by Mrs. Harriet L. Reed, 
past national secretary, to the headquarters of the Massachusetts 
Department, where she made one of the receiving party. 

"Among the notable guests who were presented at this second 
reception were Governor John L. Bates and Mrs. Bates, Lieutenant 
Governor Curtis Guild, Jr., and Mrs. Guild, General and Mrs. Black, 
General and Mrs. Blackmar, Colonel and ]\Irs. Haskell, accompanied 
by General O. 0. Howard, Corporal and Mrs. Tanner of Washington, 
General Dalton of Governor Bates's staff, Captain Wallace Foster of 
Philadelphia, Mrs. Sarah White Lee, Mrs. Emma Stark Hampton, past 
national president, and the department presidents of a number of 
states. The following-iiamed members of the State Department of- 
ficiated as hostesses: Miss M. E. Mecuen, chairman; Mrs. Lizzie 
Richards, Mrs. Annie Higgins, Mrs. Mary Parkhurst, Mrs. Sarah J. 
Rice, Mrs. Minnie Bessee, Mrs. Florence Haynes, Mrs. Octavia Blair, 
Miss Mary Pettingill, Mrs. Dorcas Lyman, Mrs. Carrie Dustin, Mrs. 
Etta Paine, Mrs. Etta Lockhart, Mrs. Belle Russell, Mrs. Delilah 
Davis and Mrs. Etta Rice. 

"Up in the New York headquarters of the W.R.C. at the Ven- 
dome a reception was held in rooms decorated with mammoth palms 
sent especially by Alexander Hamilton Corps 162 of New York City. 
Mrs. Wescott was at the head of the line, attended by several aides. 
All the members of the Post were in attendance. General Rogers of 
Farragut Post was among the five hundred who called to pay their 
respects. Comrades George W. Taylor, Past Commander Theron 
Parsons, Past Commander Thomas Miner, Past Department Presi- 
dent Mrs. Sadie Carver, past department president of New York, Mrs. 
M, A. Tirrell, and Mrs. Pratt, the national press correspondent, were 
among those present." 

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38 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

the Rebellion are aroused, and Daughters of the American Revolu- 
tion determine to bring back still earlier days and so tender a recep- 
tion in Pierce Hall to General Black and Mrs. Winans, an affair re- 
plete with courtesies and pleasures. 

"First in the social affairs of the week was the reception given in 
honor of General Black, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of 
the Republic, and Mrs. Sarah D. Winans, national president of the 
Woman's Relief Corps, by the members of John Adams Chapter, 
Daughters of the American Revolution. This organization of patriotic 
women has planned to keep open house throughout the week at the 
state headquarters in the Pierce Building in Copley Square, and 
Monday's reception, given in the afternoon from three until after 
five o'clock, inaugurated this week of hospitality. 

"The reception was held in Pierce Hall where the guests of 
honor and others were welcomed by Miss Floretta Vining, regent of 
the chapter; Mrs. Curtis Guild, Jr., wife of the lieutenant governor of 
this Commonwealth; Mrs. Greenlief Wadleigh Simpson, a \'ice-presi- 
dent general of the National Society, D.A.R., in which she represents 
Massachusetts; Mrs. C. H. Masury, state regent of the Massachusetts 
D.A.R.; General Francis G. Appleton, chairman of the advisory 
committee on cooperation in patriotic work, which embraces the four 
Revolutionary patriotic societies hereabout; Charles E. Adams, presi- 
dent of the Massachusetts Society, Sons of the American Revolution, 
and Mrs. B. S. Bailey. They all formed the receiving party, together 
with General Black, Mrs. Bailey, who is president of the Ladies of 
the G.A.R., and Lieutenant Governor Guild. 

"Guests of the chapter and its members were presented to those 
in line by a corps of ushers including Mrs. Charles Wentworth Sprague, 
Mrs. Charles I. Tirrell, Mrs. Ella C. B. Richards, Miss Marianna P. 
Smith, Mrs. Walter R. Torrey, Mrs. Walter P. Gilbert, Miss Lilian M. 
Webster and Miss Marietta Murch. 

"The reception committee was made up of Mrs. Lue Stuart 
Wadsworth, chairman; Mrs. Sprague, Mrs. Charles T. Small, Mrs. 
Lester M. Bartlett, Mrs. Tirrell, Mrs. Lillian Rich Gilligan, Mrs. Torrey, 
Mrs. J. Warren Berry, Mrs. William A. Wagner, Mrs. Francis S. 
Bryant, Miss Bertha A. Munroe, Mrs. H. D. W. Morris, Mrs. Robert 
Plummer, Mrs. Mary Southwick, Mrs. George H. W. Bates, Mrs. 
Samuel Thompson, Mrs. William White, Mrs. Fred H. Hosmer, Mrs. 
John Roberts and Mrs. Martha Koppmann. 

"The hall was prettily decorated with red, white and blue, and a 
pleasing background for those who received was a mass of potted plants. 

"Simple refreshments were served by Mrs. Carrie Thompson, Mrs. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 39 

George E. Fredrick, Mrs. Southwick and Mrs. Brinkbals. They were 
assisted by several young ladies." 

Then there were others. It was a busy whirl and the man who 
tried to take them all probably gave ujj in despair ere half of them 
were seen. The veterans of New Hampshire had a tender place in 
their hearts for their Commander and so they, too, attacked the 
Vendome in a way to signify their determination to carry at least an 
angle thereof and here is what they did : 

"No department commander has gained the love and respect of 
the veterans of his Post to a greater extent than has Colonel Henry 
O. Kent of Lancaster, N.H., and an evidence of that regard was given 
when he was serenaded at the headquarters of the New Hampshire 
Division in the Vendome. Junior Vice-Commander 0. B. Warren 
led the 'attacking' party, who gathered on the Dartmouth Street 
side of the hotel, filling the broad space between Commonwealth 
Avenue and Newbury Street. Hanson's American Band, which ac- 
companies Sampson's Post, G.A.R., assisted the serenaders, and Post 
22 of Rochester and many other comrades took part in the event. 
From the balcony. Colonel Kent was introduced to the comrades by 
Assistant Adjutant General Frank Battles of Concord. Responding 
to the hearty greeting accorded him. Colonel Kent offered his heart- 
felt thanks and made reference to the relations which have long 
existed between New Hampshire and Boston, sons of the former 
coming here for their success in commerce, in divinity, in law and in 
legislation. He spoke with pride of the part which New Hampshire 
had played in the history of the country, first in helping the cause 
of freedom and later in preserving the Union." 

Out of the score or more of others, the recital may end with 
this account of the reunion and reception of the Medal of Honor men, 
those heroes who by their special acts of bravery merited and received 
governmental recognition in the shape of a bronze medal, more pre- 
cious by far than its weight in gold : 

"About thirty members of the Medal of Honor Association of 
New England, with their ladies, met in annual session Monday evening 
at the American House. Previous to the meeting there was a re- 
ception at which the members had an opportunity to meet Lieutenant 
Governor Guild. General M. A. Dillon of Washington was also a 
guest at the reception. At the business meeting these officers were 
reelected: William H. H. Howe, president; General Hazard Stevens, 
vice-president; Henry W. Rowe, secretary and treasurer; General 
Edmund Rice, Charles W. Reed, Cieorge H. Maynard, Edgar C. Barker 
and Paul H. Weinert, executive committee." 



40 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

Meanwhile there was ample amusement for those who were not 
present at receptions, and the electric display in street, avenue and 
public park made the night a blaze of glory. The Transcript of the 
16th says of the night before: 

"To say there was a crowd on the Common and Public Garden 
last night is putting it mildly. It seemed as if everyone of the tens 
of thousands that came to see the electrical show on Sunday night had 
returned and brought at least two friends. Every walk was jammed, 
and the police deserve great credit for the manner in which they 
handled the throng. At times there were blockades, and it was im- 
possible for people in the crowds to move either one way or another, 
but these jams were of short duration, for the extra patrolmen were 
cjuick to separate the streams moving in opposite directions and to 
set them going again. Some changes were made in the electric lights 
yesterday afternoon, and these had the result of making the display 
still more brilliant. The searchlights on Lafayette Mall were lifted 
about thirty feet, and those on the island in the Public Garden pond 
strengthened, which made them more effective. More lights were 
added about the Washington statue, and this is now a brilliant centre- 
piece for the PubUc Garden display, as the Soldiers' Monument is for 
the Common. 

"The crowd began to arrive at six o'clock in the evening, and for 
the succeeding four hours there was a jam, the like of wliich the Com- 
mon and Public Garden had never seen before. At nine o'clock the 
crush was at its height, and the many patrolmen had all they could 
do to keep the mass of humanity from coming to a complete standstill. 
At about that time the Charles Street entrance to the Common be- 
came completely choked, and the police had to stop the stream headed 
for the Public Garden and divert it to another exit on Charles Street. 
This plan proved to be effective, and was followed until the crowd 
was considerably thinned out. 

"The subway was taxed to its capacity, and the Boylston and 
Park Street stations were crowded all the evening long. Often it 
required an hour or more to make a trip which under ordinary con- 
ditions could be made in fifteen minutes. Perhaps as dense a crowd 
as anywhere was that on the bridge in the Public Garden. The bridge 
had been tested during the afternoon and found to be capable of hold- 
ing all the people that could find places upon it, so no danger was 
felt in that direction." 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 41 



THE GRAND PARADE. 

AFTER all, the chief object of the annual gathering of the Grand 
Army is its great parade, when those who can make the march or 
think they can set out with all the enthusiasm of youth and do 
things of which, under other circumstances, they would justly think 
themselves incapable. Many a worthy veteran undertook the trial of 
Tuesday to his sorrow, for weakness compelled him to fall out and 
from some vantage point see the "old boys," his comrades, go sweep- 
ing by. No matter what the attractions in other directions, however 
many feasts and rambles may be devised, the veteran, his friends and 
admirers are anxious for the day of the parade. It must not be too 
hot nor should the mercury take a sudden tumble. Rain must be 
in abeyance. When a perfect day appears and the very heavens 
smile upon him, then does the survivor of the strenuous days rise 
to the occasion and mentally if not orally ejaculate, "This is my day." 

Old Probabilities and all concerned could not have done better 
had they yielded to the demands of the sight-seeing multitude and 
provided just what the crowds desired. The day began early in 
Massachusetts. There had been crowds in Boston before. Monday 
had witnessed an outpouring, but Tuesday was to demonstrate that 
all that had gone before was mere preparation, a small foretaste 
of what was to follow. Railroads and electrics were to be taxed to 
their utmost capacity. All of eastern Massachusetts is a network 
of means of transportation, and from the Connecticut River to the 
Atlantic beach seemingly everybody was on the move. Not alone the 
gray and aged veteran but his relatives of both sexes and all ages. 
They were saying that not again in their day would there be such an 
opportunity to see in line the men who aided in putting down the 
Rebellion, so from the Cape to the Tunnel they were turning their 
faces Bostonward. 

Did it require patience to make the trip? Well, some. There 
was a luncheon to be carried, for once the line was in motion there 
would be no stopping till the end of the march, no matter how long 
it might prove to be, and who would leave the grand stand for such 
a paltry thing as food! The contingents from Brockton, Gloucester 
and Worcester ate early breakfasts to make sure of seats in the crowded 
cars, whether run by steam or electricity. Fortunately it was a good- 
natured company that packed those vehicles to the point of suffocation. 
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42 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

on this day, and when the average number carried by the ordinary car 
was one hundred, something of an idea may be had of the extent 
of the movement towards the great city. 

Fortunate the person in whose possession was a ticket to the 
places provided for obtaining a good view of the parade. Repairing 
at once to the seat numbered on his or her check, there was nothing 
to do but wait the coming of the procession. Perhaps a reading of 
the Parade-filled morning papers will help to while away the inter- 
vening time, but how unhappy the people who are not so nicely placed! 
If by chance a front position is secured along the line of march, and 
it should be stated that not one inch of such space, from the beginning 
of the march to the end, was vacant, or if tall enough to look over the 
front array, the visitor was a subject of gratulation. Every point 
raised above the general level was seized at once and persistently 
held. There was not a vacant window from Arlington Street to Park 
Square, and the roofs of buildings, all along the way, bore burdens 
never carried before. After all there was many a weary pedestrian 
who, incapable of getting what he came for, turned away disconso- 
late and declared his intention of departing at once, for luck was against 
him. The great majority, however, held on, hoping in some way to 
obtain at least a squint of that they had come to see. It is a mod- 
erate estimate that a million people saw the " boys " of '61 to '65 parade 
thirty-nine years after Appomattox. If they waited, and the most 
of them did, they were amply rewarded. Of the parade itself let 
the daily press of Boston, whose reporters were almost omnipresent, 
tell the story: 

"Undoubtedly for the last time in the history of Boston the 
Grand Army of the Republic as an organization paraded the streets 
of the city today. It is fourteen years since the veterans last paraded 
here, and those who witnessed today's event and compared it with 
the former procession, could not help noticing the depleted ranks and 
the increased feebleness of the soldiers who fought so nobly for their 
country in the days of the Civil War as compared with the previous 
parade. A conservative estimate places the number of men in line 
today as about 25,000. The morning broke with a clear sky and a 
cool atmosphere, but at the time for the parade to begin the sun's 
rays had had their effect, and the heat had become something intense, 
the only salvation for the paraders being a slight easterly breeze. 
Otherwise better weather for today's event could not have been asked 
for, and with a short route of only about two miles over Boston's 
best-paved streets the conditions could not have been more favorable 
for 'the boys in blue.' The latter seemed to appreciate the conditions 




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NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 43 

and went over the route with an enthusiasm and old-time spirit that 
have seldom been evinced at any of the Encampments of recent years. 

"Never did the city hold a larger crowd than was on hand to 
cheer the heroes of bygone days, and enthusiasm was manifest every- 
where. All of the stands were crowded and the sidewalks of the 
streets through which the veterans passed were lined from curb to 
building and every available spot inside and outside of the buildings 
was utilized by men, women and children anxious to get a look at 
the soldiers. To the discredit of the Boston Police Department the 
crowds in the down-town section were never more wretchedly handled, 
the eight hundred policemen being unable to keep the spectators 
from encroaching on the space provided for the marchers. The 
veterans themselves were not unmindful of the spirit shown by the 
spectators, and as they were cheered and applauded it must have 
brought back to their minds days when they marched through Wash- 
ington at the close of the war. 

"While the event of today was of course not to be compared as 
a miUtary feature with the naval parade of yesterday, still it was 
fully as interesting to the onlookers, especially from a patriotic point 
of view. No organization but members of the Grand Army were in 
today's procession, but the veterans of the Civil War who paraded 
yesterday were again in line. Plenty of music helped the paraders, 
bands and drum corps being numerous, and they confined themselves 
almost entirely to patriotic airs. A detail of Boston's mounted police- 
men with Captain Edward F. Gaskin of the Court Square station in 
command headed the line, and then came the Cadet Band with E. W. 
Kinsley Post 113 as an escort to the Commander-in-Chief, General 
John C. Black. A solid phalanx of about six thousand men, the hosts 
of the occasion, — the Department of Massachusetts, — brought up 
in the rear. It took about five hours to pass a given point. 

"The veterans formed on Commonwealth Avenue and adjoining 
streets and paraded over this route: Commonwealth Avenue, north 
side, Arlington, Beacon, School, Washington, Milk, Devonshire, 
Summer and Washington streets, Temple Place, Tremont and Boyl- 
ston streets to Park Square and Columbus Avenue, where the soldiers 
broke ranks. As the veterans passed the State House they were 
reviewed by Governor Bates and his staff, and Mayor Collins and his 
official family with the mayors of Greater Boston reviewed the line 
from the stand in front of City Hall. The Commander-in-Chief and 
his staff reviewed the line on Boylston Street. The roster was as 
follows : 



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Platoon of Mounted Police. 
Edward W. Kinsley Post 113, Boston, Commander George H. Graves, 

escorting. 
John C. Black, Commander-in-Chief. 
Charles H. McConnell, Chief of Staff. 
Staff. Charles A. Partridge, Adjutant General; George A. Harmao, 
Surgeon General; Winfield Scott, Chaplain-in-Chief; Charles Burrows, 
Quartermaster General; Erwin B. Messer, Inspector General; C. R. 
Kaplinger, Assistant Inspector General; J. Henry Holcomb, Assistant 
Quartermaster General. 

ILLINOIS. 

Department Commander, Robert Mann Woods. 

Assistant Adjutant General, Charles A. Partridge. 

G. L. Nevins Post 1, Rockford, Commander Thomas G. Lawler. 

George H. Thomas Post 5, Chicago, Commander Isaac W. Boyer. 

Aurora Post 20, Aurora, Commander M. Marble. 
Stevenson Post 30, Springfield, Commander Samuel T. Twyman. 
General George A. Custer Post 40, Chicago, Commander O. A. Bishop. 

Veteran Post 49, Elgin, Commander William H. Brydges. 

Abraham Lincoln Post 91, Chicago, Commander William H. Browning. 

WiUiam T. Sherman Post 146, Bloomington, Commander J. C. Means. 

Waukegan Post 374, Waukegan, Commander Perry L. Austin. 

George G. Meads Post 444, Chicago, Commander John N. Stewart. 

Washington Post 573, Chicago, Commander Eduard Wernick. 

Columbia Post 706, Chicago, Commander J. T. Darling. 

WISCONSIN. 

Post 1 Band, Cass Hendee, Leader, 17 pieces. 

Department Commander, Pliny Norcross. 

Assistant Adjutant General, E. O. Kimberly. 

E. B. Wolcott Post 1, Milwaukee. 

Lucius Fairchild Post 11, Madison, Commander George S. Martin. 

PENNSYLVANIA. 

Department Commander, John McNevin. 

Assistant Adjutant General, Charles A. Suydam. 

Staff. Thirty Past Department Commanders and twenty-six Delegates. 

Lynn Cadet Band. 

George E. Meade Post 1 , Philadelphia, Commander George W. Newman. 

Union Drum Corps of Lynn, Mass. 

U. S. Grant Post 5, Philadelphia, Commander Thomas Hayes. 

Fr. Mathew Band, Springfield, Mass. 

Ellis Post 6, Germantown, Commander Theo. Schwernier. 

E. D. Baker Post 8, Philadelphia, Commander Thos. J. Rivers. 

John T. Greble Post 10, Philadelphia, Commander Charles F. Hubert. 




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General Zook Post 11, Morristown, Commander Edward Glass. 

Colonel Fred Taylor Post 19, Philadelphia, Commander J. R. Moon. 

Courtland Saunders Post 21, Philadelpliia, Commander W. S. Bemwood. 

Captain Pliilip R. Schuyler Post 51, Commander Charles Maguire. 

Ninth Massachusetts Regiment Band. 

General D. B. Bierney Post 63, Philadelphia, Commander Albert B. Foster 

Oldham Post 527, South Bethlehem, Commander Hermann Budtz. 

Reno Post 64, Williamsport, Commander Thos. F. Sauerveir. 

General John F. Reynolds Post 71, Philadelphia, Commander Augustus 

Hoguet. 
Robert Brine Post SO, Philadelphia, Commander Andrew James. 
E. B. Young Post 87, Allentown, Commander Charles C. Abele. 
Everett City Band. 
A. Patterson Post 88, Allegheny City, Commander J. M. Montgomery. 
Third Regiment National Band, Philadelphia. 
Anna M. Ross Post 94, Philadelphia, Commander William Fees. 
Winfield Scott Post 114, Philadelphia, Commander J. L. Feltz. 
Third Brigade Band, Philadelphia. 
McPherson Post 117, Pittsburg, Commander James Simons. 
Scranton Drum Corps. 
Lieutenant Griffen Post 139, Scranton, Commander Ezra H. Whipple. 
Cxmingham Post 97, Wilkesbarre, Commander Geo. H. Troutman. 
W. B. Mays Post 220, FrankUn, Commander J. Andrews. 
Naval Post 440, Pliiladelphia, Commander J. J. Byrne. 
Grand Army Band, Allegheny, E. Schmidt, Leader. 
Lietuenant James M. Lyle Post 128, Allegheny, Commander Thos. G. 

Sample. 
Carriage containing state flags. 

OHIO. 

Cleveland Electric Railway Band. 

Department Commander, Benj. M. Moulton. 

Assistant Adjutant General, E. F. Davis. 

Staff. 

Memorial Post 141, Cleveland, Commander F. N. Taylor. 

J. C. McCoy Post 1, Columbus, Commander Thos. Smith. 

Brooklyn Marshall Band. 

Brooklyn Post 368, Cleveland, Commander G. G. Burlingame. 

Forsythe Post 15, Toledo, Commander R. Youst. 

McPherson Post 16, Trumbull County, Commander Hiram Ohl. 

Ashtabula County Post, Commander P. D. Bishop. 

Ford Post 14, Toledo, Commander Edward Waltz. 

W. H. Lytle Post 47, Cincinnati, Commander Rolcutter. 

Miami Band, Hamilton. 

Weitzel Compton Post 96, Hamilton, Commander Thos. D. Smith. 

Mitchell Post 43, Springfield, Commander A. G. Titus. 

Scattered veterans of 34 Posts. 



46 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

NEW YORK. 

First Regiment Band, Boston. 

Lafayette Post 140, New York, Commander Jos. J. Little escorting. 

Department Commander, Henry M. Burhaus. 

Assistant Adjutant General, William Sears. 

Staff. 

Whitman Band. 

General Dix Post 135, New York, Commander Geo. W. Dewey. 

Independent Marshall Band, Rochester. 

O'Rorke Post 1, Rochester, Commander Wm. H. Johnson. 

Post 62, Newton Drum Corps, John Scully, Major. 

Chapin Post 2, Buffalo, Commander Chas. A. Orr. 

Carriage containing General Kellogg and Aides. 

Lynn Brass Band. 

Fred Wilkinson Post 9, Buffalo, Commander M. M. Smith. 

WiUiam Richardson Post 254, Commander Henry Messing. 

C. F. Hammond Post 533, Round Point, Commander E. J. Bowker. 

N. G. Lyons Post 43, Cohoes, Commander Isaac Shaw. 

Broome County Veteran Fife and Drum Corps. 

Broome County Battalion, Commander A. A. Lord. 

Oliver Tilden Post 96, New York, Commander Morris Dietsch. 

Vanderbilt Post 136, New York, Commander J. A. Murray. 

Oliver Tilden Post Drum Corps. 

General James S. Wordsworth Post 77, New York, Commander Charles 

Innas. 

Veteran Guards Corps. 

New Benedict Post 5, Albany, Commander Harrison Ravisson. 

Lou O. Morris Post 121, Albany, Commander Thomas W. Healy. 

Greater New York Division. 

Grand Marshal, A. L. Schaeffer. 

Adjutant General, Col. A. H. Rogers. 

Chief of Staff, Gen. George Schappelle. 

New York Zouaves, Commander Captain Earl. 

New York Battalion, Past Department Commander E. A. Atkinson, 

commanding consolidated Posts. 

New York Catholic Band. 

Mozart 40th New York Veterans. 

Reno Post 44, New York, Commander George A. Drew. 

Maynard Brass Band. 

Koltes Post 32, New York, Commander Philip H. Yomig. 

Battery B, Cambridge, Fife and Drum Corps. 

Alexander Hamilton Post 182, New York, Commander George Taylor. 

Galpin Post 19, Little Falls, Commander Benj. Lane. 

Little Falls Band. 

E. S. Young Post 33, Amsterdam, Commander William Hobbins. 

Sloane Post 93, Penn Yan, Commander Chas. Hicks. 



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Brennan Post 284, Malone, Commander Eugene Mannix. 

Root Post 151, Syracuse, Commander J. W. Armstrong. 

Westchester County Association, Commander Edward Long. 

Rail's Band, Ossining. 

John C. Shotts Post 60, Yonkers, Commander Robert P. Light. 

Farnsworth Post 170, New York, Commander Henry Lillie. 
Cromwell Post 466, White Plains, Commander Edward B. Long. 
Kings County Veteran Association, Commander M. J. Cummings, com- 
prising 10 Posts. 
American Waltham Watch Band, John M. Flockton, Leader. 
U. S. Grant Post 327, Brooklyn, Commander Myles O'Reilly. 
Rankin Post 10, Brooklyn, Commander S. Adamsky. 
Mansfield Post 35 Band, Louis Keggler, Leader. 
Mansfield Post 35, Brooklyn, Commander Robert Fairvnew. 
J. H. Perry Post 89, Brooklyn, Commander T. A. Josephs. 
Charles H. Burgess Post 185, Brooklyn, Commander D. W. Lee. 

Frank Head Post 16, Brooklyn, Commander Edward Fahey. 
Winchester Post 197, Brooklyn, Commander George A. Huzzey. 
G. K. Warren Post 286, Brooklyn, Commander B. T. Trumble. 
E. T. Taft Post 355, Brooklyn, Commander Col. H. S. Belmont. 
M. F. O'Dell Post 443, Brooklyn, Commander George P. Staley. 

Veteran Post 436, New York, Commander Harry Montague. 

Davy Jones Post 242, Oleans County, Commander F. E. Cahoon. 

Continental Fife and Dnmi Corps, Paterson, William E. Hennenon, Leader. 

George C. Strong Post 534, Brooklyn, Commander C. G. Curtis. 

W. W. Stevenson Post 669, Brooklyn, Commander James E. Smith. 

CONNECTICUT. 

Department Commander, W. C. Hillard. 

Assistant Adjutant General, John H. Thatcher. 

Sedgwick Post 1, Norwich, Commander Nathan L. Bishop. 

Elias Howe, Jr., Post 3, Bridgeport, Commander Albert F. Fargo. 

Drake Post 4, South Manchester, Commander M. H. Keeney. 

Merriam Post 8, Meriden, Commander William H. Harvey. 
Stanley Post 11, New Britain, Commander George H. Holmes. 

Buckingham Post 12, Norwich, Commander W. M. Niblock. 

Trumbull Post 16, Southington, Commander Elisha R. Newell. 

Admiral Foote Post 17, New Haven, Commander Daniel B. Horton. 

Post 18, Danbury, Commander Wm. J. Mallory. 

Hobbie Post 23, Stamford, Commander J. H. Brown. 

Francis S. Long Post 30, Willimantic, Commander Henry F. Royce. 

Palmer Post 33, Winstead, Commander John H. Lyman. 

Van Home Post 39, Milford, Commander J. P. Clark. 

W. W. Perkins Post 47, New London, Commander Henry B. Lawrence. 

Douglas Fowler Post 48, South Norwalk, Commander H. Brundage. 

Wadhams Post 49, Waterbury, Commander John Loucks. 



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Robert O. Tyler Post 50, Hartford, Commander Julius Weed. 

Mansfield Post 53, Middletown, Commander Delmar R. Lowell. 

Samuel Brown Post 56, Thompsonville, Commander J. P. Davis. 

Ferris Post 61, Stamford, Commander I. B. Brown. 

D. C. Rodman Post 65, East Hartford, Commander Charles A. Rhodes. 

John M. Morris Post 66, Wethersfield, Commander F. W. Smith. 

J. H. Converse Post 67, Windsor Locks, Commander Eleasar Cook. 

T. M. Redshaw Post 75, Ansonia, Commander J. F. Oulds. 

William T. Minor Post 85, Stamford, Commander George B. Christison. 

Kellogg Post, Commander Lieut. Chas. French. 

Redshaw Post 29, Commander Capt. S. C. ChafTe. 

Additional veterans not marching as Posts, 450 men. 

NEW JERSEY. 

Department Commander, James M. Atwood. 

Assistant Adjutant General, J. R. Durrell. 

J. C. Houlton Post 3, Jersey City, Commander Fletcher. 

Barrett Post 8, Trenton, Commander Samuel Louden. 

Lincoln Post 11, Newark, Commander R. Miller. 

J. A. Garfield Post 4, Newark, Commander Wm. J. Fiu-ze. 

Aaron Wilkes Post 23, Trenton, Commander George W. Fox. 

Parker Grubb Post 16, Burlington, Commander Decotor Abdu, Adjutant 

F. D. Bunting. 

Slocmn Post 35, Paterson, Commander D. W. Stagg. 

Dahlgren Post 25, Elizabeth, Commander Thos. R. Trimble. 

Kilpatrick Post 64, Elizabeth, Commander Wm. Marsh. 

Mansfield Post 22, Bayonne, Commander F. C. Ludy. 

Marcus L. Ward Post 88, Newark, Commander Watson Ryno. 

Phil Sheridan Post 110, Newark, Commander Samuel D. Cobb. 

Additional veterans in line, not marching as Posts, 300 men. 

MAINE. 

Department Commander, E. C. Milliken. 

Assistant Adjutant General, A. M. Sawyer. 

Bosworth Post 2, Portland, Commander Charles H. Mitchell, escorting. 

Heath Post 6, Gardiner, Commander Dawson M. Dale. 

B. H. Beale Post 12, Bangor, Commander Thomas T. Tabor. 

Sheridan Post 28, Biddeford, Commander John J. Traynor. 

Cutler Post 48, Togus, Commander John J. Daly. 

Seth WilUams Post 13, Augusta, Commander O. N. Blackington. 

James P. Jones Post 106, South China, Commander Samuel C. Starrett. 

W. L. Haskell Post 108, Yarmouth, Commander Herbert Soule. 

Thatcher Post 11, Portland, Commander George H. Pennell. 

Charles S. Bickmore Post 115, Edes Falls, Commander Wyatt T. Edwards. 

EU Parkman Post 119, East Corinth, Commander Thomas G. Leathers. 

Wade Post 123, Presque Isle, Commander Charles W. Allen. 



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Grover Post 126, Fryeburg, Commander T. L. Eastman. 

U. S. Grant Post 143, Biddeford, Commander George R. Andrews. 

William K. Kimball Post 148, South Paris, Commander James R. Tucker. 

Joseph E. Colby Post 41, Rumford Falls, Commander William Sargent. 

I\jiox Post 120, Levviston, Commander Samuel Black. 

W. S. Heath Post 14, Waterville, Commander Charles H. Nelson. 

Edwin Libby Post 16, Rockland, Commander Frank Aylward. 

Custer Post 7, Lewiston, Commander E. B. Morris. 

Sedgewick Post 4, Bath, Commander Hugh T. Madden. 

Vincent Moimtford Post 32, Brunswick, Commander O. T. Despeaux. 

Erskin Post 24, North Whitefield, Commander John Noyes. 

John F. Appleton Post 25, Farmington, Commander Charles Coburn. 

George Goodwin Post 32, St. Albans, Commander S. S. Parker. 

Farragut Post 27, Bridgton, Commander George H. Billings. 

G. H. Ruggles Post 27, Etna, Commander Anson Hatchings. 

Meade Post 40, Eastport, Commander Henry Harrington. 

Lafayette Carver Post 45, Vinalhaven, Commander Thomas G. Libby. 

Bumside Post 47, Auburn, Commander Franklin Martin. 

Hiram Burnham Post 50, Cherryville, Commander John Hailey. 

Kilpatrick Post 61, Fort Fairfield, Commander George W. Eastman. 

Brown Post 84, Bethel, Commander Frank C. Bartlett. 

E. G. Parker Post 99, Kittery, Commander Jethro H. Swett. 

Cloudman Post 100, Westbrook, Commander Philman Harriman. 

John R. Adams Post 101, Gorham, Commander Benjamin F. Whitney. 

CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA. 

Department Commander, C. T. Bliss. 
Assistant Adjutant General, John H. Roberts. 
Staff. J. A. Osgood, M. R. FUnt, J. A. Barrows, D. P. Chapman, C. H. 

Dickey, 
George H. Thomas Post 2, 150 men. 
California Volunteer Veterans Association, 40 men. 
Also delegations from G. W. Meade Post, Lyon Post, Appomattox Post 
and Lincoln Post. Total from two states about 200 men, mostly 
arranged in headquarters brigade. 

RHODE ISLAND. 

Department Commander, J. J. Wooley. 

Assistant Adjutant General, Philip S. Chase. 

Prescott Post 1, Pro\'idence, Commander J. Newton Hunt. 

Burnside Post 2, Shannock, Commander J. T. Woodmansee. 

Ballou Post 3, Central Falls, Commander Albert Freeman. 

Arnold Post 4, Providence, Commander Franklin B. Ham. 

Charles E. Lawton Post 5, Newport, Commander Alfred L. Trowbridge. 

Smith Post 9, Woonsocket, Commander Alphonso D. Steere. 

Slocum Post 10, Providence, Commander John Howarth. 



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Ives Post 13, Providence, Commander Stephen J. West. 

McGregor Post 14, Phenix, Commander Arthur W. Deane. 

Babbitt Post 15, Bristol, Commander George H. Peck. 

Charles C. Baker Post 16, Wickford, Commander Hugh Deakin. 

Tower Post 17, Pawtucket, Commander Thomas J. Gaddes. 

Budlong Post 18, Westerly, Commander Albert L. Chester. 

J. C. Nichols Post 19, Rockland, Commander Henry E. Nye. 

Bucklin Post 20, East Providence, Commander James Mallon. 

George H. Browne Post 25, Providence, Commander David C. Wyatt. 

John A. Logan Post 26, Ashaway, Commander John Bellamy. 

C. E. Guild Post 27, Pascoag, Commander William Blackmar. 

NEW HAMPSHIRE. 

Department Commander, Henry L. Kemp. 

Assistant Adjutant General, Frank Battles. 

Storer Post 1, Portsmouth, Commander Charles E. Dodge. 

E. E. Sturtevant Post 2, Concord, Commander Charles W. Dolloff. 

Louis Bell Post 3, Manchester, Commander Albert P. Barr. 

John Sedgwick Post 4, Keene, Commander L. D. Darling. 

C. E. Chadwick Post 5, Deerfield. 

Aaron F. Stevens Post 6, Peterboro, Commander Jolin F. D'Orsay. 

John G. Fish Post 7, Nashua, Commander Calvin L. Andrews. 

OUver F. Lull Post 11, Milford, Commander Oliver H. Foster. 

Major Jarvis Post 12, Claremont, Commander Martin J. Bixby. 

Parker Post, Hampton, Commander J. W. Warner. 

Colonel E. E. Cross Post 16, Lancaster, Commander Frank C. Grant. 

Charles W. Sawyer Post 17, Dover, Commander Albert F. Stackpole. 

Grimes Post, Hillsboro, Ephraim Weston Post, Antrim, and Peterboro 

Post, identified wath Milford. 

Sampson Post 22, Rochester, Commander Ira B. Dennett. 

W. A. Cobb Post 29, Pittsfield, Commander D. D. Hanscomb. 

Marshall Saunders Post 48, Littleton, Commander E. M. Underwood. 

W. H. Savage Post 49, Alton, Commander C. E. Fifield. 

Nat Head Post 72, FitzwilHam, Commander E. T. Platts. 

Bell Post 74, Chester, Commander Isaac N. A. McKay. 

Joseph Freschel Post 94, Manchester, Commander Ira D. Fellows, and 

Band. 
Additional New Hampshire veterans in line not identified with Posts, 400. 

VERMONT. 

Montpelier Military Band, 32 pieces. 

Department Commander, James E. Eldredge. 

Assistant Adjutant General, B. F. Bowman. 

Chamberlin Post 1, St. Johnsbury, Commander Albert Harris. 

U. S. Grant Post 96, Randolph, Commander John Hatch. 
Bixby Post 93, South Royalston, Commander M. J. Sargent. 



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Whitney Post 21, Tumbridge, Commander H. R. Hayward. 

Eaton Post 38, Rochester, Commander H. C. Kidder. 

Waterson Post 45, Chelsea, Commander J. B. Atwood. 

D. Lillie Post 61, Bethel, Commander W. F. Baker. 

Freeman Post 98, Brookfield, Commander J. W. Parmenter. 

Baxter Post 11, Gaysville, Commander E. C. Hager. 

Brooks Post 13, MontpeUer, Commander A. C. Brown. 

Colonel Preston Post 64, Wells River, Commander J. A. George. 

Farnsworth Post 106, Lyndonville, Commander W. L. Guild. 



Commonwealth Band, 25 pieces. 

Old Guards, Captain James M. Edgar, Commander, 56 men escorting. 

Department Commander, A. Hart. 

Junior Vice-Commander, A. P. Tasker. 

Assistant Adjutant General, Gilbert M. Husted. 

Chief of Staff, Llewellyn G. Estes. 

Past Department Commanders. 

Post 1, Commander John Finn. 

Post 2, Commander J. L. H. Winfield. 

Post 3, Commander Hazzard Wheeler. 

Post 9, Commander William G. Hall. 

Post 14, Commander Thomas H. Jenks. 

Detached Posts, 300 men. 

VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA. 

Department Commander, John C. Fowler. 

Assistant Adjutant General, A. A. Hager. 
Past Department Commanders John W. Rudder of Portsmouth, John W. 
Stebbins of Norfolk and B. C. Cook of Riclimond, and 50 men, 
representing Warden Ewell, Curlolux and Dahlgren Posts of Norfolk, 
Silas Fellows Post of Portsmouth, Mulligan Post of Winchester, Va., 
and James E. Peachey Post of Newbern, N.C. 

MARYLAND. 

Dushane Post 3, G.A.R., Band of Baltimore, Samuel D. Bowers, Leader, 

25 pieces. 
Department Commander, James Campbell. 
Geo. Prechtel, S.V.C., James C. Mullikin, J.V.C, Assistant Adjutant 
General John A. Thompson, Assistant Quartermaster General John 
C. Erdman, Inspector R. L. W. Simmons, Judge Advocate C. A. E. 
Spamer; Fred C. Tarr, Chief of Staff, and Past Department Com- 
manders Frank M. Smith, Theo. F. Lang, Geo. R. Graham, Geo. W. 
Johnson, John R. King, Louis M. Zennerman and John G. Taylor, 
all of Baltimore. 
Wilson Post 1, Baltimore, Commander Thomas C. Collett, escorting. 



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Dushane Post 3, Baltimore, John T. Holmes, Commander. 

Reno Post of Hagersto^vn, Commander B. Morrison. 

Custer Post 6, Baltimore, Commander Fred C. Tarr. 

Lincoln Post 7, Baltimore, Commander George H. Brigham. 

Dennison Post 8, Baltimore, Noah Buckman commanding. 

Guy Post 16 of Baltimore, Commander David Pratt. 

Veteran Post 46, Baltimore, "Minnie" Johnson commanding. 

Naval Veteran Post 76, Baltimore, James H. Fitzgerald commanding. 

NEBRASK-V. 

Department Commander Harmon Bross, Andrew Trainor of Omaha, S.V.C.; 
Joseph Hoageland of North Platte, J.V.C; Chaplain Erastus Smith of 
Alma; Past Department Commanders C. A. Adams of Superior and 
C. F. Steele of Fairbury; delegates E. J. Adams of Superior, L. H. 
Horton of Stanton, E. F. Fisher of Taffield, R. R. Randall of Lincoln, 
J. W. George of Broken Bow, J. W. Stevens of Miller, J. P. Griswold 
of Hebron, and 200 men representing Farragut Post. 
U. S. Grant Post 110 of Omaha. 
Belknap Post of University Place. 

Kilpatrick Post 82 of Oakdale. 
George A. Custer Post 7 of Omaha. 

MICHIGAN. 

Salem Cadet Band, Jean ]Missud, Leader. 

Detroit Post 384, Commander Thomas S. McGraw, escorting. 

Department Commander, George H. Hopkins. 

Assistant Adjutant General, Fayett Wyckoff. 

Staff. John J. Cornwall, S.V.C; Dan J. WiUson, J.V.C; W. W. Root, 

Medical Director; William Putnam, Chaplain; George W. Stone, 

Chief of Staff. 

Detroit Post 384, Detroit, Commander Thomas S. McGraw. 

Dan S. Root Post 126, Belding. 

Charles T. Foster Post 42, Lansing. 

General I. C. Smith Post 451, Reed City. 

Custer Post 5, Grand Rapids, Commander J. W. McCrath. 

Fairbanks Post 17, Detroit, Commander George L. Holmes. 

Edward Pomeroy Post 48, Jackson, Commander S. B. Da\'is. 

General O. M. Pope Post 33, Detroit, Commander John Devlin. 

Bethlehem Post. 



Department Commander R. T. St. John. 

Assistant Adjutant General, George A. Newman. 

Pension Commissioner, E. F. Ware. 

Brigade, 300 men. 



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Department Commander, Daniel R. Lucas. 

Assistant Adjutant General, Joseph Balsley. 

John A. Logan Post 3, Lafayette, Commander A. C. Shearman. 

Auten Post 8, South Bend, Commander James K. Meacham. 

George H. Thomas Post 17, Indianapolis, Commander Garret H. Shover. 

Fairfax Post 240, Gen. John A. Logan Post, 6 men. 

COLORADO AND WYOMING. 

Department Commander, Thomas J. Downer. 
Assistant Adjutant General, D. W. Brown. 

KANSAS. 

Department Commander, Charles Harris. 

Assistant Adjutant General, Gilbert Burdell. 

Lincoln Post 1, Topeka. 

Topeka Post 71, Topeka. 

Washington Post 12, Lawrence. 

Post 25, Wichita. 

Post 85, Winfield. 

Post 43, Baker. 

DELAWARE. 

Department Commander, William Kelly, Jr. 
Assistant Adjutant General, J. S. Litzenberg. 

MINNESOTA. 

George N. Morgan Post 4, MinneapoHs, Commander L. E. Carpenter, 

escorting. 
Department Commander, Colonel Harrison White. 
Assistant Adjutant General, Orton S. Clark. 
Staff. E. H. Holbert, Chief of Staff; L. O. Merriam, S.V.C; George A. 
Whitney, J.V.C; C. G. Higbee, Medical Director; Rev. D. A. Tawney, 
Department Chaplain; E. N. Leavens, A.Q.G. ; J. A. Leonard, J.D.; 
E. F. Barrett, D.L; J. A. Everett, C.M.O.; James Mulvey, S.A.D.C. 
Rawlins Post, Minneapolis. 
Bryant Post, Minneapolis. 
Dudley P. Chase Post, Minneapolis. 
Acker Post, St. Paul. 
Garfield Post, St. Paul. 
George Cook Post, Stillwater. 
John A. Dix Post, Luverne. 

LaGrange Post, Windom. 
Alex. Wilkin Post, Manketo. 



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Frank Daggett Post, Litchfield. 

Stoddard Post, Worthington. 

F. M. Famngton Post, Hutchinson. 

John Ball Post, Winona. 

MISSOURI. 

Department Commander, Jerry T. Dew. 

Assistant Adjutant General, Thomas B. Rodgers. 

Ransom Post, St. Louis. 

Blair Post, St. Louis. 

Hassendeubel Post, St. Louis. 

Farragut-Thomas Post, Kansas City. 



Department Commander, B. F. Pike. 

Assistant Adjutant General, J. E. Mayo. 

Sedgwick Post 2, Salem. 

George Wright Post 4, Salem. 

Thomas Post of Salem. 

KENTUCKY. 

Department Commander, William T. Bausmith. 

Assistant Adjutant General, T. F. Beyland. 

George T. Thomas Post 6, Louisville. 

Warren Post 12, Louisville. 

Rousseau Post 10, Louisville. 

W. T. Berry Post, Louisvalle. 

Delaney Post, Louisvdlle. 

General Frye Post, Anchorage. 

General Joe Hooker Post, Eminence. 

Granville Moody Post, Bellevue. 

Bacon Post, Frankfort. 

Waltham Post, Shelby ville. 

J. H. Taylor Post, Bowling Green. 

Severe Post, Elizabethtown. 

Croxton Post 9, Ferris. 

Captain James West Post. 

Russell Post 171. 

WEST VIRGINIA. 

Department Commander, O. H. Michaelson. 

Assistant Adjutant General, J. O. Thompson. 

George Crook Post 3, Charlestown. 

Blondon Post 73, Charlestown. 

Andrew Mather Post 14, Parkersburg. 



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J. W. Holliday Post 12, Wheeling. 
Meade Post 6, Fairmont. 
Reno Post 7, Grafton. 
Philip Bier Post 17, New Martinssdlle. 
J. C. Caldwell Post 21, Moiindsville. 
Hoffman Post 62 of Morgantown. 
Elkins Post 5 of Elkins. 
Carriages containing Department President Mrs. Fanny Cecil, Department 
Secretary Miss Belle Michaelson, Past Department President Mrs. O. 
H. Michaelson and Past Department President Mrs. F. J. Daniels 
of the W.R.C. 

SOUTH DAKOTA. 

Department Commander, H. P. Packard. 

Assistant Adjutant General, L. A. Drake. 

86 Posts represented by 105 men. 

ARKANSAS. 

Department Commander, E. T. Wolfe. 
Assistant Adjutant General, W. G. Gray. 

ALASKA AND WASHINGTON. 

Department Commander, Frank M. Da\'is. 
Staff. Captain Dickenson Post 31, of Seattle; A. D. Quint of George W. 
Emory Post 68 of Anacortes; H. G. York of Everett, Washington; 
W. C. Hawthorn of Stevens Post of Seattle; Thomas Shannon of 
Mead Post 9 of North Yakima; B. L. Bull of Mead; George W. Scott 
of Post James Wakefield of Forty Mile Creek, Ala.; C. L. Connor of 
Reno Post, Spokane; William Bron.son of Miller Post, Spokane. 

NEW MEXICO. 

Department Commander, Theo. W. Heman. 
Assistant Adjutant General, John M. Moore. 



Department Commander, Hy P. Bums. 
Assistant Adjutant General, W. P. Roe. 

TENNESSEE. 

Band. 

Department Commander, Ben A. Hamilton. 

Adjutant General, Frank Seaman. 

Edward Maynard Post 14, Knoxville. 

Post 3, Memphis. 



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Phil Sheridan Post 67, Nash\nlle. 

Post 35, Jonesboro. 

Post 58, SeAderville. 

Post 94, Port Harriman. 

LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. 

Commander, Charies W. Keeting. 

Adjutant General, R. B. Baquie. 

Forty veterans from various Posts. 



Department Commander, Henry Marcotte. 
Assistant Adjutant General, G. H. Spencer. 

MONTANA. 

Department Commander, Henry H. Blake. 
Assistant Adjutant General, Charles F. Gage. 

TEXAS. 

Department Commander, John L. Boyd. 
Assistant Adjutant General, James S. Dunlap. 

IDAHO. 

Department Commander, Clement F. Drake. 
Assistant Adjutant General, J. J. Whittier. 



Department Commander, I. M. Christy. 
Assistant Adjutant General, W. F. R. Schindler. 

GEORGIA. 

Department Commander, Commerford. 
Adjutant General, Averill. 

Post 14, Colony. 
Post Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald. 

ALABAMA. 

Department Commander, Henry Chairsell. 
Assistant Adjutant General, E. D. Bacon. 

NORTH DAKOTA. 

Department Commander, D. F. Sigfried. 

Adjutant General, H. J. Rowe. 

General Cook Post 33, De\'ils Lake. 



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Willis A. Gorman Post 6, Grand Forks. 
John Brown Post 14, Casselton. 
John F. Reynolds Post 5, Fargo. 

MASSACHUSETTS. 

U. S. Grant Post 4, Melrose, Commander Albert A. Carleton. 

Department Commander, Lucius Field, commanding. 

Assistant Adjutant General, Edward Preble. 

Staff. Edward T. Raymond, Chief of Staff; Horace E. Marion, Medical 

Director; Phihp S. Moxom, Department Chaplain; Elisha T. Harvell, 

A.Q.G.; Jonathan Smith, Judge Advocate; J. Albert Blake, Inspector; 

D. H. L. Gleason, C.M.O. 

FIRST DIVISION. 

Commander James H. Wolff, S.V.D.C. 
WiUiam Logan Rodman Post 1, New Bedford, Commander Thomas W. 

Cook. 

WilUam H. Bartlett Post 3, Taunton, Commander Alonzo M. Shaw. 

General Lander Post 5, Lynn, Commander John I. Parker. 

Charles Russell Lowell Post 7, Boston, Commander John McDonough. 

E. W. Pierce Post 8, Middleboro, Commander Walter H. Smith. 
George H. Ward Post 10, Worcester, Commander Daniel E. Denny. 

Abraham Lincoln Post 11, Charlestown, Commander George H. Huff. 

Reno Post 9, Hudson, Commander C. G. Brigham. 

Fletcher Webster Post 13, Brockton, Commander John W. Bean. 

John A. Andrew Post 15, Boston, Commander James F. McKenzie. 

E. K. Wilcox Post 16, Springfield, Commander Charles H. Emerson. 

General Sedgwck Post 17, Orange, Commander Wilham H. Foster. 

Colonel Prescott Post 18, Ashland, Commander Granville C. Fiske. 

Horace M. Warren Post 12, Wakefield, Commander Horatio Bumpus. 

Edwin V. Sumner Post 19, Fitchburg, Commander George T. Jones, 

Adjutant Andrew Connery. 

Joseph Hooker Post 23, East Boston, Commander Bradford H. Blinn. 

Major E. F. Fletcher Post 22, Milford, Commander Edward E. Cook. 

A. B. R. Sprague Post 24, Grafton, Commander William H. Moody. 

Thomas G. Stevenson Post 26, Roxbury, Commander William B. Gove. 

F. P. H. Rogers Post 29, Waltham, Commander J. Q. A. McCollester. 

William H. Smart Post 30, Cambridgeport, Commander C. Parker Cox. 

Washington Post 32, South Boston, Commander John Mahoney. 

Burbank Post 33, Woburn, Commander Bernard Fletcher. 

Phil H. Sheridan Post 34, Salem, Commander Charles H. Frye. 

Theodore Winthrop Post 35, Chelsea, Commander William A. Gardner. 

F. A. Stearns Post 37, Spencer, Commander Charles N. Hancock. 

Dexter Post 38, Brookfield, Commander George H. Deane. 

Needham Post 39, Lawrence, Commander Thomas Green. 

Lyon Post 41, Westfield, Commander L. W. Steiner. 



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Captain Horace Niles Post 110, Randolph, Commander Samuel A. Foster. 
Joseph E. Simmons Post 111, Pembroke, Commander Bailey D. Damon, 

D. G. Farragut Post 116, Gardner, Commander S. Augustus Howe. 

General James L. Bates Post 118, Swampscott, Commander John I.Adams. 

Timothy Ingraham Post 121, Hyde Park, Commander David W. Lewis. 

E. P. Wallace Post 122, Amesbury, Commander George N. Janvrein. 

Parker Post 123, Athol Centre, Commander Enoch T. Lewis. 

Justin Dimick Post 124, East Bridgewater, Commander Charles D. Jones. 

Robert A. Bell Post 134, Boston, Commander Edward A. Ditmus. 

Willard C. Kinsley Post 139, Somerville, Commander Ed%nn M. Norton. 

Charles Devens Post 27, Oxford, Commander Silas Newton. 

B. F. Butler Post 42, Lowell, Commander Earl A. Thissell. 

C. L. Chandler Post 143, Brookhne, Commander Benjamin E. Corlew. 

Charles W. Carroll Post 144, Dedham, Commander WiUiam H. Clements. 

WilUam A. Streeter Post 145, Attleboro, Commander George Blackwell. 

Isaac B. Patten Post 81, Watertown, Commander Al\'in F. Tolman. 

A. D. Weld Post 148, Winchester, Commander John T. Wilson. 

Major J. L. Stearns Post 149, Charlestown, Commander P. J. Bench. 

General H. B. Berry Post 40, Maiden, Commander George J. Hunt. 

Francis Washburn Post 92, Brighton, Commander Joseph H. Haskell. 

E. S. Clark Post 115, Groton, Commander Henry P. Shattuck. 

George W. Perry Post 31, Scituate, Commander Bardin A. Prouty. 

George A. Custer Post 70, Commander Arthur H. Bachelor. 

Colonel William B. Greene Post 100, Methuen, Commander FrankUn W. 

Cluff. 

Huntington F. Wolcott Post 102, Milton, Commander George A. Fletcher. 

Ward Post 90, Dan vers. Commander I. E. Frye. 

H. H. Legge Post 25, Commander Edward Clegg. 

Friedrich Hecker Post 21, Boston, Commander F. B. Bamberg. 

General W. F. Bartlett Post 99, Andover, Commander George K. Dodge. 

Franklin Post 60, Franklin, Commander Fred A. Hartshorn. 

George G. Meade Post 119, Lexington, Commander Charles G. Kauffman. 

Francis Gould Post 36, Arlington, Commander Alexander H. Seaver. 

Arthur G. Biscoe Post 80, Westboro. Commander R. O. Stockbridge. 

James A. Garfield Post 120, Lowell, Commander F. W. Cragin. 

Otis W. Wallace Post 106, Rockport, Commander James M. Breen. 

General James Appleton Post 128, Ipswich, Commander Charles W. 

Bamford. 

Hubbard V. Smith Post 140, Athol, Commander J. C. Blake. 

W. W. Rockwell Post 125, Pittsfield, Commander John White. 

Isaac Davis Post 138, West Acton, Commander H. T. Clark. 

W. L. Baker Post 86, Northampton, Commander John P. Thompson. 

Samuel Sibley Post 137, East Douglass, Commander Jesse B. Sweet. 

E. M. Stanton Post 147, Amherst, Commander O. W. Prouty. 

Gilman C. Parker Post 153, Winchendon, Commander Charles T. Stearns. 

Martha Sever Post 154, Kingston, Commander George A. Graves. 



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Marcus Keep Post 155, Monson, Commander George W. SejTnour. 

James A. Perkins Post 156, Everett, Commander Freeman A. Langley. 

John A. Hawes Post 159, East Boston, Commander John A. Wheeler. 

Alanson Hamilton Post 160, West Brookfield, Commander George H. Allen. 

Woburn Post 161, Woburn, Commander John Maloney. 
Manton E. Taft Post 162, Turners Falls, Commander Joseph F. Bartlett. 
General J. G. J'oster Post 163, South Framingham, Commander Da^'is P. 

Howarth. 

William Wadsworth Post 165, Duxbm-y, Commander John W. Alden. 

Malcolm Ammidown Post 168, Southbridge, Commander Joseph W. 

Seagrave. 

George K. Bird Post 169, Norwood, Commander Edward H. Dimbar. 

John Rogers Post 170, Mansfield, Commander Reuben Purdy. 

Washburn Post 175, Lancaster, Commander Benjamin F. Wyman. 

J. C. Freeman Post 55, Pro\'inceto-\\Ti, Commander H. P. Hughes. 

Old Concord Post 180, Concord, Commander George F. Hall. 

Sergeant Phmkett Post 184, Ashburnham, Commander Albert Needham. 

Ladd and Whitney Post 185, Lowell, Commander Charles H. Richardson. 

John A. Logan Post 186, Cambridgeport, Commander David A. Stevens. 

Preston Post 188, Beverly Farms, Commander Eben Day. 

Gettysburg Post 191, Boston, Commander Richard Middleton. 

Veteran Post 194, Reading, Commander Lambertus W. Krook. 

Berkshire Post 197, Pittsfield, Commander Oliver L. Wood. 

William B. Eaton Post 199, Revere, Commander Daniel D. Poole. 

Boston Post 200, Boston, Commander William G. Whitney. 

Henry Clay Wade Post 201, Cottage City, Commander Francis P. Vincent. 

E. B. Nye Post 203, Bourne, Commander George I. Briggs. 
Theodore Parkman Post 204, Centerville, Commander Thomas H. Soule, Jr. 
k^.<Y: Y-an-no Post 213, Hyannis, Commander Edward F. Steere. 
I'ff |fj General Lawton Post 146, Lawrence, Commander Roscoe Doble. 



The various Posts began to assemble early on the Back Bay 
streets, but at ten o'clock, the hour set for starting, many of them 
were not ready to move. This caused no apparent concern to the 
Commander-in-Chief, General John C. Black, and one minute after 
the hour of ten he gave the word for the line to move. First came 
the mounted policemen, then the band of the First Corps of Cadets, 
and next E. W. Kinsley Post 113, in command of George H. Graves, 
uith James Bruerton as his adjutant. There were nearly one hmidred 
members of the Post in line, and, all dressed in Prince Albert coats, 
black trousers, black slouch hats, white ties and white gloves, they 
presented a very imposing sight. Next came General Black mounted 
on a bay charger, followed by Assistant Adjutant General Charles 
A. Partridge and a staff of 165. At the rear of the mounted aides 



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were five barouches containing several past commanders-in-chief and 
past department commanders. Among the prominent ones noticed 
were "Corporal" Tanner and General W. W. Blackmar, who was 
later elected Commander-in-Chief. 

Following the Commander-in-Chief and his staff came Department 
Commander Robert Mann Woods of Illinois with U. S. Grant Post 68 
of Chicago for an escort. This Post numbers about 650 members, 
and it had something like one hundred in line. After the leaders 
of the line had passed Charles Street the Commander-in-Cliief made 
a short stop before passing the State House. Then the orders to 
proceed were given, and the head of the line passed by. Department 
Commander Wood of Illinois , noticed, however, that none of the 
Posts that were to follow the escort had turned in Beacon Street from 
Arlington Street, and he waited for them to come along. In this he 
showed good judgment. As a result the staff passed over the route 
fully fifteen minutes in advance of the main body. 

Following the escort to the commander of Illinois came G. L. 
Nevins Post 1 of Rockford, 111. This was preceded by the drummer 
boys of '61, with "Chelsea Joe" McMahon at their head as drum 
major. "Chelsea Joe" has a wide acquaintance, and he of the gray 
curly locks was cheered over the entire route. 

At the beginning of the line one of the prettiest sights was the 
hollow square formed by the Sons of Veterans marching wdth the 
Department of Pennsylvania, each of the sons carrying one of the 
thirtj'-two battle-scarred flags brought on by the Post to this city. 
An odd sight was presented by a woman parading with the comrades 
of Post 8. She was Mrs. May F. Patterson and she marched by the 
side of her husband, William. The Pattersons now reside in Califor- 
nia, but Mr. Patterson still maintains his membership in Post 8, and 
he and his wife were invited to parade with that Post. Several 
departments carried their battle-scarred flags, and these attracted 
as much attention and applause as did the veterans themselves. 

An object that excited a good deal of interest was the famous 
"Custer gun," one of the most precious relics of the Civil War. This 
novel cannon is a composite souvenir, for it was cast at Fort Pitts- 
burg, Pa., from relics contributed by every state in the Union. The 
gun is made of three division bugles, four regimental bugles, two 
brass drum rims, forty-four United States cavalry buckles, five spears 
of infantry flags, five eagles of cavalry and artillery flags, two eagles 
of division flags, nine pairs of Confederate spurs, twenty-four jDairs 
of Union spurs, twenty-four copper cents captured at Lexington, 
108 Spencer carbine copper cartridges, thirteen brass caps taken 



62 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

from shells, four pounds of buckles taken from artillery harness, five 
sleeve buttons, five white metal watchcases of army service type, 
four pounds of brass buttons, sixteen army spoons and five relic gold 
army dollars. 

The gun weighs 252 pounds and is finely polished and engraved. 
It has figured in nineteen Encampments and twenty reunions. It 
was named after General Custer, and his shoulder straps, engraved, 
appear on its band. 

Comrade Joseph Trax, a quaint veteran, who hails from New 
Castle, Pa., brought the gun along with him, for he is its custodian. 
He had charge of it in the parade, and he fired salutes from it all 
along the Une of march. It was drawn by a dozen veterans. It 
was not necessary to stop in order to fire and reload, for cartridges 
were used. 

Trax himself is almost as interesting as the wheeled relic. He 
is a droll talker, is brimming over with patriotism and can spout war 
from dawn until sunset. He is a little man, with very brown skin, 
and served as Custer's orderly, of which record he is very proud. 
He is a member of Custer Post 588 of Moundsville, W. Va., and 
served with Company B, Second Virginia Cavalry, in the Civil War. 

At the head of the Department of Georgia in the parade was a 
real reconstructed "reb" marched beneath the Stars and Stripes. 
The flag which he carried has only thirteen stars on the blue gi'ound 
and is a remarkable relic. Captain William Friend, who fought with 
the Thirty-eighth Massachusetts, and who has lived for some years 
in the Fitzgerald community for Civil War veterans in Georgia, got 
the flag from a man named Wiley, in Macon. It is shot-riddled and 
powder-stained, and the fact that it has the original thirteen stars 
bears out the story, long treasured in the Wiley family, that it was 
taken from a jolly-boat of the old frigate Constitution during the 
War of 1812. At any rate, it is a rare old flag. Marcus Luke, the 
"Confed" who carried it, fought four years against the Union forces. 

A member of Colony Post 14 of Fitzgerald, Ga., carried a 
large branch of cotton plant covered with green buds, which he 
brought from the South with him. 

From end to end of the great procession there was always some 
feature to catch the eye and hold the interest of the spectator, despite 
the inevitable blue sameness of the trudging column. Sometimes 
it was a superbly mounted officer who had not forgotten how to ride 
a spirited steed for all his gray hairs; sometimes a banner or a stand 
of colors lent a bright splash of warm color to the scene ; an occasional 
file of veterans in the treasured old accoutrements of forty years ago 



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marched proudly by; trim and dainty maidens, daughters and grand- 
daughters of veterans, tripped gayly along in the picturesque costumes 
of the vivandiere; here and there an empty sleeve brought out a cheer 
for the maimed old soldier who left his arm on Southern battlefields 
and more rarely a veteran stubbed along on a wooden peg-leg or 
imitated the swinging stride of forty years ago as best he could on 
crutches; but the one thing that brought the sitting thousands in the 
grand stands to their feet with a shout and stirred the weary blood 
of the standing crowds was the tattered and war-stained battle-fla^^s 
under which the comrades of these men fought and so many of their 
comrades-in-arms laid down their Hves for the nation. 

N« °;«^e gallant figure was seen along the Hne of march than that 
of General Black, Commander-in-Chief, as he headed the line, mounted 
on a superb bay, which caught the proud spirit of the occasion every 
whit as keenly as the old soldier, its master. Behind rode an even 
hundred of the staff and aides of the Commander-in-Chief, also finely 
mounted on steeds that showed a uniformity of coloring and confor- 
mation remarkable in such an impromptu gathering of horseflesh 
It was a noble company, and received cheer on cheer from the 
moment the Commander-in-Chief gave the order "Forward!" to until 
11.12 o clock, when the party galloped up to the Boylston Street 
reviewing stand and dismounted for the grand review. And mao-nifi 
cent as is the figure of General Black on horseback, there were Those 
who admired his bearing even more during the long hours when he 
stood in the front of his box ^ith campaign hat doflfed to the passing 
colors and his face suffused with feeling as his comrades marched by 
him as the crowning tribute to his term of service as head of the Order 
Directly after the staff came a hne of carriages in which rode a 
number of veterans well known to the Grand Army comrades, who 
were cheered and called by name all along the line. Chief amon! 
them were Corporal Tanner and General Blackmar, the latter the choice 
ot many for the post of Commander-in-Chief to succeed General Black 
As escort to General Black, his staff and guests, marched Kinsley 
^ost of this city to the stirring music of the Cadet Band. Kinsley 
fost never made a better appearance. 

f^. J^^'Vr'"^ ^^^ forty-five departments of the Grand Army of 
^e Repubhc, rank and file. Commander Robert Mann Wood led off 
T^. 2 ' Illinois command, first place in line being held by U. S. Grant 
i^ost 28, with Its own fife and drum corps. This organization bore 
a bass drum which saw service in the war between the states. Another 
We and drum corps beating the long roll headed the National As- 
sociation of Civil War Veterans; and then came Past National Com- 



64 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

mander Lawler on foot at the head of Roekford Post 1 of IlUnois. 
A pretty Uttle girl in full Zouave uniform marched with the Post. 
George H. Thomas Post 5 attracted much attention by its display 
of the old colors, now furled and carefully protected from the elements, 
but which saw hard ser\nce on many a stricken field. These colors 
were escorted, as was their due, by an armed color guard. Meade 
Post 444 of Chicago, was few in numbers, but made up for it by in- 
cluding one lively old veteran who danced rather than marched over 
the route, as the sound of martial music stirred the lagging blood in 
his veins. Columbia Post 706, of Chicago, made a fine appearance 
in its dandy uniforms and by good marching. 

The Wisconsin Posts, next in line, had a particularly natty appear- 
ance in their white duck trousers and army blue dress coats. At the 
head of the Pennsylvania di\'ision, which was one of the longest in line, 
if the Massachusetts division be excepted, Meade Post of Philadelphia 
carried some thirty old battle-flags, tattered and bloodstained, at 
which the stands rose and cheered en masse. Nearly every Pennsyl- 
vania Post carried more or fewer of these old stands of colors, and the 
passage of this division along the line was punctuated with a rolling 
volley of cheers. Phil. Schuyler Post 51, of Philadeli^hia, was headed 
by a detachment of "Lambs," children of the regiment, a handsome 
young girl leading a docile little lamb as mascot. A battery of two 
guns followed as the second feature of the Schuyler Post's display, and 
the third and crowning feature was the original signal-gun used at the 
famous old refreshment booth at Philadelphia, 1861 to 1865, which 
every veteran who passed through the Quaker City remembers with 
enthusiasm. The rear guard of this Post wore in their hats the in- 
signia of the famous old "Bucktails." A \avandiere in white and the 
national colors headed Patterson Post of Allegheny, which paraded 
with full ranks. Anna M. Ross Post 94, of Pennsylvania, was led by 
a particularly smart band, that of the Third Infantry of the National 
Guard of Pennsylvania. A veteran stubbing along on a peg-leg in 
the ranks of Winfield Scott Post was the target of hearty cheers as his 
Post passed. There was another great cheer all down the line as the 
naval veterans of the Keystone State passed in close formation, march- 
ing like anything but webfeet, and everj-- one an admiral so far as blue 
and brass could make him. All in all the Pennsylvania division was 
one of the finest appearing in the long line. 

A band playing "Maryland, My Maryland," preceded the mounted 
commander and staff of the Department of Ohio, who, true to the nick- 
name of their state, wore great strings of buckeyes around their horses' 
necks and as sashes for their own adornment. A huge counterfeit of 



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a buckeye borne on a tall pole by a mounted man was carried in the 
line at this point. Two dainty maidens, one golden-haired in brown 
and the other brown of curl and dressed in white, headed Brooklyn 
Post of Ohio, while immediately in their rear came one of the best 
features of the parade — a rugged old veteran togged out in the clothes 
he wore when he was mustered out in 1865. If all the Northern troops 
had been uniformed as was this veteran, no wonder the South lost, was 
the verdict all along the route of the parade. 

The New York Department was headed by the dandy Lafayette 
Post, spic and span in white duck trousers and braided blue full dress 
coats. A spray of goldenrod blossomed in every New York button- 
hole. White duck helmets were the distinguishing mark of John A. 
Dix Post 135. As befitted a Post of Hibernian extraction, O'Rourke 
Post of Rochester, N.Y., went on parade armed for anything that 
might turn up, their old-style muskets attracting much attention. 
Chapin Post, of Buffalo, bore proudly in its midst twenty-five old 
battletiags, to which all hats came off, and a continuous cheer rolled 
down the lines of spectators as they passed. Post 9, of Buffalo, 
presented a particularly trim appearance in new uniforms of regula- 
tion blue. Oliver Tilden Post, of New York, was headed by its own 
fife and drum corps, which beat out the martial music as only 
squealing fifes and rattling drums can do. Not a few veterans of the 
famous old Zouave regiments, with their baggy trousers of blue, 
their gold-braided red jackets, topped off with the tasseled fez, 
were in line with the New Yorkers. The New York Catholic Pro- 
tectory Band of a hundred pieces, and every one making all the 
music the lusty lungs of youth could extract, led Post 578. 

The banner of the Queens County battalion was upborne by sailor- 
men who carried in support the old ensign and union jack of the U.S.S. 
Brooklyn; not the armored cruiser of today, but her namesake of 
Civil War times. A negro Post of New York, which bears the name 
of our own war governor, John A. Andrew, attracted much attention 
and hearty cheers. Nine old war banners carried by Post 32, of New 
York, were honored by a color guard, every man of whom wore an 
empty sleeve. Another Post passed down the fine singing the old war 
songs of the sixties to the accompaniment of a stirring band. Its 
singing of the "Battle Cry of Freedom" as it approached the review- 
ing stand brought every one of the spectators to his feet with a cheer. 
In the rear of J. B. Sloane Post, of Penn Yan, N.Y., came a little 
cart trundled by an attendant, in which an old veteran, who has spent 
the last fifteen years in it without being able once to sit up, took his 
proud part in the parade. A rolUng volume of cheering marked his 



66 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

progress over the route, as it has in many other cities, for he rarely 
misses an Encampment. U. S. Grant Post 327, of New York, was in 
dress uniforms of dark blue and made a most impressive appearance. 
With Mansfield Post paraded a whole rank of survivors of the famous 
old Brooklyn Zouaves, in the faded uniforms of forty years ago. The 
band which headed George C. Strong Post, of Brooklyn, evened up 
matters for the predominance of "Marching Through Georgia" by 
striking up "Dixie " as it approached the re\aewing stand. This band 
was uniformed in the old blue and buff Continentals, and won much 
applause. 

Sedg^nck Post 1, of Connecticut, made a fine appearance, and the 
rattUng drums of the Deep River Fife and Drum Corps was another 
feature of the Nutmeg State's showing. A one-legged man on crutches 
was in the van for New Jersey. A novel feature was introduced by 
the Potomac Di\asion, whose band stopped in front of the reviewing 
stand while one of the musicians sounded the call, " All quiet along the 
Potomac tonight." The delegation made an interesting appearance 
as it marched past the reviewing stand, the Old Guards leading, 
closely followed by the past department commanders, Custer's brigade 
and other Posts. Detroit Post, a body of wonderfully well-preserved 
men uniformed in black broadcloth and black crush hats, had an ova- 
tion. One of "Sherman's Bummers" came by bearing a rooster 
perched high over his head, and created some amusement as he saluted 
so \'igorously that the bird almost fell off. The splendid marching of 
the Detroit Post won a continuous volley of cheering from end to end 
of the parade. It was easily the best appearing single Post in the 
whole parade. 

The Nebraska Posts were closely followed by the Eighteenth Iowa, 
whose band played "Marching Through Georgia" vigorously, as it 
passed the stand. Post 19 of Indiana came past with an interesting 
band composed of boys from the Soldiers' Orphans' Home in that state 
playing "On the Wabash." Then came John A. Logan, Thomas and 
Bass Posts, also from Indiana. Cook's band of seventy-five men from 
Denver, Colo., came by playing " Onward, Christian Soldiers," and bear- 
ing their banner of "On to Denver, 190;5." The Kansas division was 
led by the famous "Sunflower Brigade." From Delaware came a 
small delegation, including some negroes. The Minnesota Department 
was one of the finest in the parade, most noticeable of all being John A. 
Rawlins Post of Minneapolis, uniformed in black and wearing silk hats. 
Posts from Missouri, Oregon, Kentucky and West Virginia rapidly 
followed. 

As the various divisions passed they became smaller and smaller 



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in numbers, but many bore with them the insignia of their states. 
Florida, for instance, carried a small alligator proudly aloft in line. 
The Vermonters wore every man a sprig of the Green Mountain cedar. 
The Louisiana Department all carried sugar cane. An enormous pair 
of steer's horns was borne along the line of march by the men from 
Texas. The North Dakota soldiers carried sheaves of wheat. " Uncle 
Sam'' was a leading feature of the North Dakota Department. 

Last of all came the splendid veterans of our own Bay State, with 
full ranks and in particularly trim blue uniforms. The color-bearer of 
Lyon Post 41, of Westfield, was Adam Swan, who carried the colors 
of the old Tenth Massachusetts Regiment through all the battles in 
which that regiment participated. Swan is a gi-eat favorite with the 
members of his Post. 

Alexander Johnson, whose drum corps went ahead of the big 
George H. Ward Post 10 of Worcester, pointed out to his friends a 
representation of himself in the figures on the Shaw memorial, oppo- 
site the State House. The resemblance to Johnson, even so many 
years after the war, was very noticeable to his friends who saw the 
figure this morning. 

"Chelsea Joe," who joined John A. Andrew Post 15 of this city 
just before the parade, attracted attention and applause as he went 
over the line of march with his comrades. 

Brigadier General Henry C. Cook, U.S.A., retired, marched with 
his comrades of Borden Post 46 of Fall River. The General has 
seen forty years of continuous military duty, both in the volunteer 
and regular armies. 

Three medal of honor men marched with Borden Post of Fall 
River — John M. Deane, Joseph Wholehouse and George Woodcock. 

Every member of Abraham Lincoln Post 11, of Chariestown, car- 
ried a small American flag, and this display was greeted with applause 
all along the hne. An amusing feature of this Post's display was a 
line of men, every one more than six feet tall, each with a letter on 
his breast, so that the whole spelled the words "Bunker Hill." 

The members of Warren Post 12 of Wakefield carried rattan canes, 
presented to them by the Wakefield Rattan Company. 

THE LIVING FLAG. 

The children participating in the flag came to the stand any time 
after nine, when the first of them arrived, and by ten o'clock practically 
all of them were on hand and in their allotted places. The sight was 
beautiful and was most unusual, in this city at least. This is the third 
time that a living flag has been arranged on occasions of G.A.R. Na- 



68 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

tional Encampments, but to Boston remains the honor of presenting 
before the veterans probably the largest flag of this kind ever planned. 
In the upper left-hand section of the grand stand hundreds of small 
boys in blue blouses and caps formed the field for the forty -five large 
white stars, which were about the size of small umbrellas, made 
of cardboard, and they served to keep the sun oE the boys sitting 
near them. Other boys in red caps and blouses and girls dressed 
likewise, two tiers full, made up the top stripe of the flag, and next 
below came two rows of girls in white blouses and caps, and so on, 
alternating through the thirteen stripes. It was a grand and inspiring 
sight, and the children made one of the most interesting features of 
the entire day's events. While the children were waiting for the 
first of the procession to reach the corner, several aides went among 
them with ice water. Arrangements were made also to provide the 
children with a substantial luncheon, contained in paper bags which 
were given out about five hundred at a time, by which plan the singing 
could continue by the 1,500 not occupied with eating. 

It was just eleven o'clock when the procession first reached Temple 
Place, and at that time the force of policemen had pushed the great 
crowds back far enough to permit the procession to pass. In this 
work they were aided by the outriders, whose horses seemed to frighten 
many people into hugging the sidewalk as closely as they could. With 
the approach of the first horse in the procession, its rider and the 
men in line immediately behind were greeted with the great chorus 
singing "The Star Spangled Banner," the entire two thousand chil- 
dren singing with a wiU all of the many verses of this stirring hymn. 
Section A of the chorus then sang Keller's "American HA-mn," better 
known as "Speed Our Republic." This was followed bj' the singing 
of Mrs. Julia Ward Howe's "Battle Hymn of the Republic," given 
by Section B. That the children might not get tired, the great chorus 
was about equally diAdded, alternating in the pieces, except the open- 
ing number and also "America," both sung in unison. However, 
after about four numbers, the diAdsion became a forgotten thing, and 
all the children sang all the numbers, making a stronger, better effect. 
Their selections included, besides those named, "Freedom's Land, 
America," "Hail Columbia," "Way Down South in Dixie," "Co- 
lumbia, the Gem of the Ocean," " Shouting the Battle Cry of Freedom," 
and "Marching Through Georgia." One piece after another was 
given with ringing voices, led by a prelude which was played by W. H, 
Chambers, a veteran of the Twenty-eighth New York Regiment. 
This served to give the children a chance to catch the key of the piece 
they were to sing. They were conducted by James M. McLaughlin, 
instructor of music in the public schools of this city. 



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The veterans in line appreciated to the full this compliment paid 
them, which was the outcome of an idea on the part of Mrs. Lue Stuart 
Wadsworth. The children when they sang their selections were 
greeted in return by almost every company or department passing, 
and the greater proportion of the men in line removed their hats as 
they passed the Living Flag, and in not a few cases the marchers gave 
ringing cheers for the singers. Some selections were repeated under 
these conditions. The street crowds in return cheered lustily when- 
ever any especially venerable men passed them and also whenever 
any old-time, ragged and worn flag was carried by. The children 
had a fine chance to see the parade as it came through Temple Place, 
directly in front of their seats, and the flag itself could be viewed 
by the marchers just as soon as they entered Temple Place from Wash- 
ington Street. The program of ten numbers proved to be a continuous 
performance, for it did not take very long to sing all the selections, 
and the children were eager to start right in again on another round 
of the program. 

Mrs. Wadsworth looked personally after the great chorus, 
keeping the children in order and encouraging them to patience and 
to keep them from being too restless. She had many assistants, 
including women volunteers. Further care was taken to provide 
for the welfare of everybody through members of the M.V.M. medical 
staff, who were on hand to aid Mrs. Wadsworth. These included 
Lieutenant Commander S. V. Merritt, surgeon in the Naval Brigade, 
Lieutenant David Cheever of the First Corps of Cadets, and Lieutenant 
Benjamin F. Sturgis of the Second Corps of Cadets. These doctors 
had as assistants, in event of any need, three Spanish War Veteran 
nurses from the Salem Hospital. Sergeant Wooldridge and Corporal 
Lawrence of the Ambulance Corps also were there with their outfits 
of everything needed for first aid to the injm-ed. The plans for any 
emergency were therefore complete. Several times the ropes which 
kept the crowd back in the streets had to be let down when 
pushing and struggling were at their worst, to allow an ambulance to 
get through, but in the immechate crowd itself there were no accidents. 

Taken all in all the Living Flag may be viewed as a notable 
success, the children doing their part well, so carefully had they been 
rehearsed under Mrs. Wadsworth 's personal oversight and Mr. Mc- 
Laughlin's conductorship. 

Just in front of the Living Flag grandstand stood an old veteran 
with a Kearsarge flag with thirteen stars and all tattered and stained, 
which served to arouse cheers from the multitude. The bearer of 
it stood in position to mark the line of march. No bands played as 
they came through Temple Place or till after they had passed the 



70 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

head of West Street, in Treraont Street, therefore there was no instru- 
mental music to prevent the singers from being fully heard. 

BANDS. 

All along the line of march great enthusiasm was shown over 
the music which the many bands provided and which was almost 
continuous at many points along the line of march. Just about as 
soon as one body of musicians had passed out of hearing, another 
band came into view and hearing, and they all won many plaudits 
from people on the streets and filling every available window through- 
out the route. The music, therefore, proved one of the strongest 
features of interest and one of the great elements making up the 
entire success of the parade. 

Bands represented places from the Atlantic to the Pacific and 
from the far North to the extreme South, so numerous were they. 
Each had an extensive repertory apparently, for they chose their 
selections so that one band did not immediately play a number which 
the band ahead of them had just given. This gave great variety to 
the music of the day. Seemingly all the old-time favorite tunes 
were played, especially those of Civil War remembrance. "Marching 
Through Georgia," "Yankee Doodle," "Maryland, My Maryland," 
"Way down South in Dixie" and such pieces alternated with the 
"Directors' March" and other modern selections. "Onward, Christian 
Soldiers," the music of which was vtritten by the late Sir Arthur 
Sullivan, was a great favorite, and many of the bands played it some- 
where during the line of march. It aroused much enthusiasm. Scotch 
airs were among those played, including "Auld Lang Syne" and 
"Annie Laurie." Perhaps the number heard more frequently than 
any others was the present popular air of "Bluebell," which as a song 
has patriotic words which are now pretty widely known, and this 
lent interest to hearing the many bands play the piece. 

One band, that accompanying a Post from Baltimore, played 
apparently only one piece, "Maryland, My Maryland," and this they 
played so well that they were heard with genuine delight. It made 
it easy for the players, too, and as no set of onlookers would hear 
them play the number more than at the time of passing by, it was 
well enjoyed and loudly applauded. 

The many bands presented a great variety of uniforms, usually 
bright and more or less ornamented with gold braid, so that they all 
made a fine appearance in the procession. The many fife and drum 
corps in line also came in for a share of popular approval and they 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 71 

serv'ed to add variety to the music of the day. The men or boys 
making up these corps wore some extremely handsome uniforms. 

One noticeably fine set among them all was the Cook band or 
corps from Denver, dressed in red and white as Zouaves. This 
drum corps was not a stranger to Boston, as it was present at the 
Encampment here in 1890, and had attended every Encampment 
since then. It is an independent body and bears the name of 
Colonel George W. Cook, Past Commander of the G.A.R., Department 
of Colorado and Wyoming. In all the years that it has played at 
Encampments it has never received nor asked any remuneration from 
the Grand Army or any other miUtary body. The drum corps is the 
pride of Colonel Cook, now a mine owner, who ran away from home 
at the age of twelve to serve as drummer boy in the Army of the 
Cumberland. When it was first started it was a drum and fife corps 
with twenty-four members, but it has developed into a band of fifty- 
five pieces and a drum corps of twenty pieces. Of the original or- 
ganization there are now with it ten members, including Major George 
Heale, its leader. The boys came here in three special cars at Colonel 
Cook's expense, and make their home in the cars. Sunday night 
they gave a public concert in Dominion Square, Montreal, which was 
attended by 40,000 persons. 

DISTRIBUTION OF FLOWERS. 

The Boston branch of the Floral Emblem Society, with its 
headquarters at the Girls' Latin School, was exceedingly busy. 
Mrs. Alice Parker Lesser was in charge during the morning, and with 
one assistant she gave bouquets and houtonnieres to entire state dele- 
gations. A great many of them marched through Copley Square to 
form in the side streets off of Commonwealth Avenue. The moment 
the veterans caught sight of Mrs. Lesser on the curb they broke ranks, 
regardless of orders, and swarmed about her, and were greatly de- 
lighted with the pinks and roses that were pinned upon their coats. 
Bj'- half-past ten more than five hundred bouquets had been given 
away, and before noon the number was in the thousands. The De- 
partment of Indiana received red roses, and the men from Nebraska 
almost broke into cheers when great bunches of goldenrod, their own 
state flower, were handed to them. 

The Department of Iowa received yellow asters, and the Depart- 
ment of New Jersey received yellow asters, pinks and roses. The 
Posts of Maryland were drawn up two blocks away, but enough flowers 
were carried over in boxes to supply the entire contingent. The com- 
mander of one Post came to the society's headquarters to express his 



72 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

thanks for the state. He said that there seemed to be no Umit to 
Boston's thoughtfulness. Massachusetts, at the end of the Une, was 
the last department to be suppUed, after which the society closed their 
rooms until the conclusion of the parade. Throughout the entire 
afternoon from two o'clock tea and coffee and a light luncheon, with 
cake and candy, were given to all veterans and their wives who called, 
and the rooms were filled with a constantly shifting throng. 

Mrs. Oliver Ames did much to make the society's venture a 
success, sending more than five hundred pinks and several hundred 
roses on the morning of the parade. Ladies in many of the sur- 
rounding towns, especially Brookline, were also exceedingly generous 
and care was taken that the supply of flowers did not fail during 
Encampment week. The flowers were given out mornings and re- 
freshments served during the afternoons. The society was assisted 
by the Pansy Club during the week. 

COMMENTS AND INCIDENTS. 

After his return to the headquarters from the reviewing stand, 
General Black was seen by a Globe reporter and questioned as to his 
impressions of the big parade. He said: 

"I am exceedingly tired, but I am anxious to say that this is the 
gala day of my life. 

"The decorations are marvelously beautiful, the attendance ex- 
ceeds anything since the Encampment here fourteen years ago, and 
the cordiality of the people is beyond comparison. 

"I am too tired to say much, but just tell everybody that every- 
thing was more than best." 

Gen. Charles H. McConneU, chief of staff, grew enthusiastic in 
talking with a Globe reporter about the parade. Said he: 

"Massachusetts simply covered herself with glory. It wasn't 
generally expected that she would put more than 5,000 men in line in 
the parade, and she had 7,000 if she had one. 

" It was the longest parade we have had since we held our Encamp- 
ment here in 1890, and the crowd which viewed the procession was also 
the largest I remember seeing at any Encampment parade since we 
were last in this beautiful city. I am filled with admiration for the 
grand showing your state made today, her men all looked very fine, 
were well dressed, had excellent music and marched well too." 

Governor Van Sant of Minnesota: "Rich as Boston is in mem- 
ories, nothing so impresses me as these marching men. I marched 



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with them forty years ago, and what touches me most is the diflFerence 



Ex-Governor Boutwell: "No one thing stands out from the rest. 
All is wonderfully impressive, but not as much so as when these same 
men were first starting out for the war. I saw them go, I saw them 
in the field, I saw them return, but the going was the most stirring 
of aU." 

Lieutenant Governor Guild: "The battle-flags stand out from the 
whole grand scene as the most stirring thing of all. The same torn 
colors, going before the same marching men, the very scenes of the 
Civil War come before one's eyes." 

Major Edward Buford of Nashville, Term., was the only ex-Con- 
federate in General Black's official re\'ie^ing stand, and he showed the 
greatest interest in the parade. As the great bodies of grizzled, bat- 
tered veterans passed by and paid their homage to the commander, 
the major stood up in his seat and led the applause in many cases. 
As company after company rolled by, and the old battle songs again 
rang out, the major turned around to an old past commander and 
said: "Sir, we don't know why we did it, but when I see this vast 
body of battle-scarred veterans and this great body of sight- 
seers papng them the homage which they justly deserve, I thank 
God with you that we are still united and can never be divided. 
God bless the North and the South and God bless the Union." 
As the others were scattered over the stand, there was very little 
organized demonstration. When the G. C. Strong Post of New York 
fife and drum corps came by and started up "Dixie," all the old fel- 
lows wherever they were jumped up from their seats and vrav-ing their 
hats in the air gave a hearty cheer. All the old patriotic airs, which 
the ex-Confederates had dinned in their ears during the great cam- 
paign of the war, were received with applause by the "boys in gray," 
and every U.S. flag was treated with the greatest respect. As the 
battle-scarred banners passed by all the ex-Confederates bared their 
heads. All bitterness and strife seemed to be forgotten. As one old 
fellow expressed it, " Wlien I see all these fellows who have fought for 
that flag marching through these cheering thousands, I want to be 
there myself. There is no man in that parade who loves that flag 
more than I do, and I can say the same for all my party. It makes 
us feel badly to think that we cannot be there, but I tell you, we will 
be there in a few years if we live. The past is over and forgotten. 



74 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

We did what we thought was right, and so did you. We have found 
that we were wrong, and no more ardent followers of that flag are to 
be found than the men of the solid South." 

The beautiful bronze Shaw memorial was handsomely decorated 
with a red-knotted wreath of laurel for its hero, and dotting bunches 
of yellow goldenrod on the heads of men and horses. The veterans 
did not see much of it, but the thousands on the great stands in front 
of the State House saw and appreciated it. 

"The only man from Indian Territory," in the person of David 
Redfield, whose personal card said he was "postmaster of Ardmore, 
Ind. T., and vice-president of the national association for Indian Ter.," 
was there, and was given a rousing reception. He came alone, and as 
soon as he reached this city he went to a sign painter and had a banner 
inscribed, "The last and best state." He is a member of Chickasaw 
Post 18, which has a membership of forty-two men, and served with 
the army of the border under General Steele. 

The Beau Brummel Post in the line was the J. A. Rawlins Post 216 
of Minneapolis, G. E. Dennis, commander. Each member was spot- 
lessly attired in a silk hat, Prince Albert coat and striped trousers 
with patent leather shoes, and carried a nobby cane. 

Ell Torrance, past commander of the G.A.R., and a member of 
the Beau Brummel Post, was there in line with the boys, and his 
beautiful diamond-studded badge, a gift of the organization on his 
retirement a few years ago, shone out in the sunlight like a beacon. 
The badge, containing 132 diamonds, was one of the most elaborate 
affairs of the kind ever seen on the streets of this city. 

An enthusiastic colored man in the uniform of the Grand Army 
who marched with the Wisconsin outfit was so greatly moved by 
"Dixie" that he left his place in the line, and in the hmited space at 
his disposal on the asphalt pavement did a cake-walk which threatened 
to disrupt the song, as the children wanted to stop singing and cheer 
him on in his exhibition. 

General Barre of Nebraska was recognized on the reviewing stand 
by the Nebraska Department and he was repeatedly cheered. When 
the Vermonters came by Senator Redfield Proctor was spied in line 
by Senator Lodge, and the two exchanged greetings. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 75 

It was the orders that none of the bands should play while pass- 
ing the Living Flag, but there was one band which got along just as 
the children were singing "The Star Spangled Banner," and it sounded 
so good to the commander of that particular division that he shouted 
out an order for the band to play, and the musicians struck up the 
tune with a will, and that didn't do any violence to anybody's feel- 
ings at all, for the music was good, and the children sang with greater 
enthusiasm than ever, so that the interpolation was thoroughly en- 
joyed all the way along the line. 

Governor Van Sant of Minnesota, who stood on the reviewing 
stand beside Governor Bates, was recognized by the Minnesota men, 
who wanted to know "AVhat's the matter with Van Sant?" and 
answered their own query by replying that "He's all right." 

Ex-Governor Hiram A. Tuttle of New Hampshire was seen among 
the Granite State veterans. 

When the Iowa Department was passing one picturesque old 
fellow dropped out of line, stood alone in the middle of the street, and 
sang with great gusto and much gesticulation a solo while the crowd 
yelled and cheered vociferously. The old vet then was obliged to 
"hot foot " it down Beacon Street to catch up with his comrades, who, 
by the time he had finished, were passing the Bellevue. 

A Post of Kansans shouted in chorus when they reached the 
reviewing stand : 

Kansas, oh! Kansas, 

The land of renown, 
Birthplace of Freedom, 

And home of John Bro\\'n. 

The Virginia Posts marched past to the strains of "Maryland, My 
Maryland," the first Southern air heard during the parade. It called 
forth loud cheers. 

The West Virginia Department startled the crowd by an unex- 
pected salute to the governor from their brass cannon. 

A big delegation of old soldiers from the District of Columbia, 
finely uniformed and splendid-looking men, swung into Tremont Street 
just as the leader of the voices in the great flag was lifting his baton 
for beginning the song that puts the blood of old soldiers everywhere 



76 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

a-tingling and makes them stir their feet, "Marching Through Georgia." 
It was great to see the shoulders of the old men in blue go back 
and their chests come out. And how their eyes did sparkle and v'ith 
what grace and unanimity they did remove their big campaign hats 
and bow to the ranks of Uttle boys and girls in red and white and blue 
sitting up there above them and singing to them with all the povver 
of their lusty lungs! The veterans from the District of Columbia re- 
fused to move on at all, but stood there, marking time and giving 
thanks to the children in pantomine until a whole verse of the song 
had been sung, and then they moved along, under orders, reluctantly, 
and gave way to other delegations. 

At Winthrop Square came the first let up and the way broadened 
out so as to make it a little more comfortable for the marchers. Swing- 
ing round through Otis Street into Summer, at the corner of Kingston, 
the crush was at times terrific. The openings of the cross streets were 
roped off on both sides of Summer Street and those at the very ropes 
were kept on the rack. 

"Oh!" screamed a woman, "I shall certainly be cut in two." 

Two policemen sprang to her aid, and it was only by hot muscular 
exertion and a liberal use of fists that enough impression was made on 
the rear to get the woman out. 

The crowd was so immense that the people in it grew scared of 
each other because of the very pressure they were themselves exerting. 

Governor Bates came down the long flight of State House steps 
to the reviewing stand with Governor Van Sant of Minnesota, being 
escorted by Adjutant General Dalton. Senator Lodge and Lieuten- 
ant Governor Guild were escorted by General Brigham of the Gov- 
ernor's staff, and former Governors Boutwell and Long by General 
Carpenter. Former Governor Crane was escorted by Surgeon Gen- 
eral Marion, and General Bane of Nebraska by Colonel Capelle. 
Then came the other members of the Governor's staff, all being pres- 
ent except General Dewej^, Major Hayden and Major Stevens. 

Others on the reviewing stand were Councillors Lowe, Watson, 
Sulhvan, Hoag and Irwin, Colonel W. M. Olin, Representative Cecil 
Adams of Lowell, Mrs. Van Sant, Congrcsmsan Butler Ames of LoweU, 
the Rev. and Mrs. L. B. Bates, Mrs. John L. Bates and Mrs. Curtis 
Guild, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. George F. Washburn. Booker T. Wash- 
ington sat up in the middle of the left tier. Justice Oliver Wendell 
Holmes of the United States Supreme Court and Mrs. Holmes and 
Baron Kanaka had seats in the front row of the right section. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 77 

Justice and Mrs. Holmes and Baron Kanaka, upon being discovered 
by Lieutenant Governor Guild, were invited to the reviewing stand, 
as were also, later, Justices Fessenden and Schofield of the Massa- 
chusetts judiciary. 

General John C. Black, Commander-in-Chief, gave the order to 
march at the corner of Dartmouth Street and Commonwealth 
Avenue, at 10.01 a.m., only one minute behind time. 

The last man left the same corner at 3.37 p.m. in the last platoon 
of General Lawton Post 146, of Lawrence. 

The Commander-in-Chief reached the reviewing stand on Boyl- 
ston Street at 11.10 a.m., and the last platoon of General Lawton 
Post saluted him at 4.22 p.m. 

It took the parade just five hours to pass a given point. It 
required an hour and ten minutes to cover the route. 

The time occupied by the entire procession in covering the route 
was five hours and thirty minutes. But after General Black and his 
staff started there was a delay of thirty-five minutes before the Depart- 
ment of Illinois, headed by Post 28 of Chicago, moved from the corner 
of Dartmouth Street and Commonwealth Avenue. 

At 2.30 p.m. there was a light shower, and at 4, twenty minutes 
before the finish of the parade, it rained smartly for fifteen minutes. 

Behind the New York Department Sergeant George R. Shebbero 
of the 6th New Jersey Infantry was trundled in his cart. Sergeant 
Shebbero was drawn by his colored attendant, C. M. Brown, and as 
he passed Governor Bates he raised his head, that being as much of 
a salute as the recumbent veteran could offer. The Governor and 
Lieutenant Governor Guild leaned over the railing and gave the 
crippled veteran a cordial greeting. The sympathy of everyone went 
out to him and he was cheered all along the line. 

Following the department marched the 135 men of General John 
A. Dix Post of New York. On the way up Beacon Hill one of their 
number. Colonel John T. Prior, dropped to the street near the corner 
of Joy Street. Two physicians, who responded as soon as they saw 
him, fall, applied emergency restoratives, but the comrade died late 
in the afternoon at the Massachusetts General Hospital. This was 
the only fatality of the day. It affected the Post, for the serious 
condition of their comrade was known as the column solemnly 
marched past Governor Bates. 



78 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

Whether total abstainers or not, the veterans will not soon forget 
the thoughtful services of the W.C.T.U., whose generous proffers of 
iced lemonade relieved many a parched mouth beneath that torrid 
August sun. 

The fact that Governor Bliss of Michigan had arrived at the 
hotel in the morning, and was to march with his comrades at the head 
of the department, was known quite generally soon after his arrival, and 
there was in consequence a very cordial reception for his Excellency, 
both in and out of the hotel. The Detroit Post naturally had the 
head of the department line. Governor Bliss expressed himself as 
not being at all wearied after his long journey and said that he was 
quite ready to march in the ranks with his comrades. The Governor 
has a distinguished military record. He served in the 10th New York 
cavalry. 

Scattered along Hereford and Newbury streets were the dele- 
gations from the South and Southwest. Some of the men in the lines 
included many men from the Mexican border and other towns along 
the Rio Grande. The Texas, New Mexico and Montana men had 
about the fewest of almost any of the departments. Montana had 
six men in the line, while New Mexico had only five, including the 
governor of the state, the Hon. E. Stover. 

The man most generally pointed out in this contingent was General 
B. D. Pritchard, known as a soldier of unbounded courage and iron 
physique, and the man who was connected with the capture of Jeff 
Davis. General Pritchard went to the war with the 4th Michigan 
Cavalry, and while operating in Georgia became a terror to the Con- 
federates. This cavalry regiment was noted for its short and highly 
successful dashes into the enemy's camps and taking prisoners, and 
when information came to the general that the leader of the Confed- 
eracy was near him, he planned a daring raid to capture this much- 
desired individual. He not only captured Davis in the raid, but 
John H. Regan, the postmaster-general of the Confederacy; former 
Governor Lubeck of Texas, Alexander Stevens, the Vice-President 
of the Confederacy; Jefferson D. Howell, an officer of the South, and 
brother of Mrs. Jefferson Davis; Clement Clay, who was supposed 
to have been an accessory in the assassination of President Lincoln. 

Department Commander T. W. Heman of the New Mexico De- 
partment is a typical Westerner, and is a fine fellow to meet. "We 



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have traveled about 2,500 miles to get here," he said, "but then we 
don't notice distances down there at all. Why, there is a man in my 
neighborhood who opposed the opening of a railroad through his back 
yard, so he fenced it off and got an injunction. His back yard extended 
only a distance of a little over forty-six miles. God only knows what 
he would have done if they had attempted to cross his front yard." 
"This is a hot day," he continued. "We have some hot weather 
down in New Mexico. That is the sun country, but the air is different 
and is not so sultry." 

The New Yorkers were led off by the John A. Dix Post, carrying 
the original flag of the rebellion, which called forth from the intrepid 
Major General Dix: "If any man tears down the American flag, shoot 
him on the spot." 

The Ellsworth flag, from the Jackson house in Baltimore, in the 
capture of which the gallant colonel of the famous Fire Zouaves, E. E. 
Ellsworth, was shot down, was carried in the column. 

The Duryea Zouaves in the New York Department, wearing the 
short jacket, the full trousers and leggings, and the old red cape and 
sash, well remembered in the early army days, were striking figures 
in this department. 

It was one of the prettiest sights of the whole parade, the finish 
in Park Square. Every flag and banner stood out straight, and every 
band was playing, and the veterans marching upright, convinced that 
they had almost reached the "Vendum" Hotel. The throng was 
enthusiastic, too, and all sorts of instruments were used to make a 
noise. One of the most effective was a gong and a stick. This sounded 
altogether like an ambulance gong and deceived the people again and 
again. But there were many times when the real gong of the am- 
bulances sounded, and for a time there was hardly an interval of five 
minutes v/hen somebody was not taken away to one of the hospitals. 



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THE CAMPFIRE. 

GRAND and successful as had been the great event of the 
day, there were other exploits for the evening, and hardly 
had the last notes of the parade died away before were heard 
the opening strains of the camp-fire in the immense hall of the 
Mechanics Institute. The account, as printed in the Boston Globe, is 
given in full : 

"It is probable that the G.A.R. camp-fire held in Mechanics Build- 
ing was the most original as well as the best thing of its kind ever 
held within the history of the organization. About 5,000 veterans 
attended, occupj'ing the fullest seating capacity of the hall, and the 
program, planned by Comrade OUn, was largely musical, and made 
up of Civil War songs, sung by a chorus of veterans. 

"The veterans were evidently quite at their ease, for many re- 
moved their coats and sat in their shirt-sleeves; and the familiar 
manner in which some of them addressed 'Billy' Olin, as they fre- 
quently called the secretary of state, who presided, sometimes cracking 
jokes in a good-humored way at his expense, showed how wide-spread 
is his reputation as a jolly good fellow. 

"The affair had been announced in advance as a 'smoker,' and it 
was promised that clay pipes and several hundred pounds of tobacco 
were to be distributed for the purpose of offering up patriotic incense, 
but neither was in evidence, and through some misunderstanding the 
militiamen who did guard duty forbade smoking in the earlier part 
of the evening, thus establishing a rule which was not violated, even 
after it became generally known that every man was expected to 
smoke as much as he liked. 

"In one respect the camp-fire was in marked contrast wath the 
one held fourteen years ago in the same hall, namely, in the absence 
from the platform of any distinguished officers of the Union Army, 
the only guests who sat there being the Governor, with Adjutant 
General Dalton and a couple of members of his staff. Mayor Collins, 
Lucius Field, department commander of Massachusetts, and Louis 
Wagner, past commander-in-chief of the national body, who repre- 
sented General Black, the present commander, who was too much 
fatigued by the day's experience to be present. 

"The only other special dignitaries that could be observed by 
a cursory survey of the great audience were Lieutenant Governor 
Curtis Guild, U.S. Senator Lodge, Ex-Governor John D. Long, Major 



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General Oliver O. Howard and Judge Emmons, who formed a little 
group in one corner of the balcony near the stage. 

"The 5th Regiment band, under the leadership of Comrade John 
M. Flockton, who entered the army as a drummer boy at the age of 
ten, occupied the centre of the stage, and contributed handsomely 
to the enjoyment of the evening by its spirited rendition of martial 
airs and accompaniment to the chorus singing. 

" In the main the idea conveyed by the program was that of carry- 
ing the veterans through a day in camp in the old days of their army 
experience, beginning with the reveille, ending with taps, and sand- 
wiching in the various bugle calls of the day, interspersed with songs, 
speeches and various other entertaining features. 

"As a preliminary, the fun began soon after 8 o'clock with the 
marching upon the stage, to the strains of the band, of Comrade Olin's 
chorus of the fifty best singers he could find among the ranks of local 
G.A.R. members, led by Comrade John E. Oilman. They were 
received with uproarious applause, and they made a striking 
picture, all hearty-looking men, in spite of their generally silvered 
locks, as they lined up, two deep, at the front of the platform. 

"Comrade Oilman started the ball a-rolling by singing an im- 
provised ditty descriptive of the rollicking spirit supposed to be 
characteristic of the 'vets' on such a reminiscent occasion. It 
was sung to the tune of 'Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay,' with that descrip- 
tive phrase for the chorus, in which his brother vocalists and band, 
dominated by the bass drum, joined, and the effect on the audience 
was electrical, calling forth rousing cheers and a big encore. 

"A bugler then sounded the reveille, which was followed by a 
brief address from Commander Lucius Field of the Department of 
Massachusetts. While he was thanking the members of his own 
department for the splendid appearance they had made in the day's 
parade, and assuring them they would be taken care of in excursions 
and other forms of entertainment during the rest of the week, cries of 
'Louder' came from several quarters. This brought forward Com- 
rade Olin, who shouted that patience was in order, the department 
commander was doing his best, and that only the voice of 
"Jerry" Bradley (meaning Colonel J. Payson Bradley), could be 
heard in every part of so large a hall.' That created a great 
laugh, and the cries of 'Louder' ceased. 'The Battle Cry of 
Freedom ' was then sung with marked spirit by the chorus, the 
audience joining in. 

"After a corps of veteran drummers and fifers had given an exhi- 
bition of their dexterity at sounding familiar army calls, an original 



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form of trooping the colors, planned by Comrade Olin, was given 
under the leadership of Comrades J. Payson Bradley and Allison M. 
Stickney. Seventy banners were borne in procession up the aisles 
from the rear of the hall to the platform, to a stirring march by the 
band, the entire audience standing and cheering with great en- 
thusiasm. 

"When ranged across the front of the stage, two rows deep, the 
standard bearers went through a drill with the flags, at the conclusion 
of which Colonel Olin created something of a sensation by leading 
suddenly from behind the barrier of silken colors a handsome woman, 
all in white. Miss Adah Campbell Hussey, who sang with fine effect 
'The Star Spangled Banner.' The theatrical effect of the situation 
was perfect, and aroused the veterans to the highest pitch of enthu- 
siasm, which could only be allayed by an encore. 

"After the bugle call, break camp, the Beethoven, Harvard, 
Schubert and Weber quartets, comprising a corps of the very finest 
male vocalists in Boston, sang 'The Soldier's Farewell' with won- 
derful feeling. There were more bugle and drum calls and then came 
the singing of 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic' by the 'whole 
gang,' as Colonel Olin expressed it. It was encored again and again, 
one of the veterans in the audience crying in vain for the verse in 
regard to hanging Jeff Davis to a sour apple tree. 

"Governor Bates, having then been introduced, spoke as follows: 

"'I hope that great bandmaster of Chicago will never die, for if 

he does we shall lose Olin. (Laughter.) This is the only other place 

in the Union where they have a Sousa, except Chicago. (Applause 

and a cry of 'That's so.') 

"'I have had a very interesting day. I think the next largest 
army in Boston to the G.A.R. has been the army of reporters. 
(Laughter.) I have watched them whenever I have had a chance, 
a long line of them, as opposite from the reviewing stand they stood, 
and they were even on the stand helping me review. 

"'They surrounded me and I watched them with a great deal of 
interest. I noticed every time a conspicuous figure came along in 
the procession one of the reporters would look at him, watch 
him, and next approach him and ask: "What is your name? 
Where do you come from? How tall are you? How much do 
you weigh? How big round? How did you get hurt? Why 
didn't you keep away from the powder?" and all those questions. 
(Laughter.) 

"'Finally one of them came up behind me, touched me on the 
elbow and said: "Governor, would you mind telling us what is the 



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most impressive thing you have seen today?" I said, "This proces- 
sion has been going by for four hours and ten minutes already and 
they tell me there are twenty or twenty-five divisions yet to come. 
How can I tell the most impressive thing until it has all passed by? 
Come round after this river of enthusiasm has flowed by and I will 
tell you." 

'"He could not wait. The paper had to go to press this after- 
noon, and I could not tell him what was the most impressive thing I 
had seen today. Was it the closed business houses and the holiday 
proclaimed by universal consent? Was it the sight of a great multi- 
tude gathered on the streets making the welkin ring, climbing on the 
tree-tops and on the house-tops, almost shutting out the heavens in 
their desire to see this great parade? Was it the women who line 
the march and waved their handkerchiefs and clapped their hands, 
the princesses of our homes and the queens of our hearts? (Loud 
applause.) 

'"Was it the decorations in red, white and blue, in bunting and 
in silk and in flowers, that greeted you on every hand? Was it the 
wrinkled faces of war-scarred veterans, the sight of the empty sleeve 
of the hero and the crutch of wood that took the place of the leg of 
flesh and bone? Was it the battle-flags furled, riven by the storm 
and tempest of war, dimmed with smoke and stained with man's 
blood, that brought cheers as they went by and choking tears to all 
the multitude? 

"'Ah, all these things impressed me much, but there was some- 
thing else in the tramp, tramp of this great army all day long. It 
was the spirit of the men. 

"'I saw again the spirit of '61 and '65. I recognized in those 
veterans' hopeful, courageous faces the souls of men who had the 
spirit of the American eagle that could mount even to the heavens 
and surmount all obstacles. And I thought of the perils ahead for 
our nation, of the problems we have to solve, and of the rival foes 
without and beyond, and I said, "The nation is safe, for here we see 
the American spirit, and what we saw in '61 we shall see if crisis 
comes yet again." 

"'We shall see the powder of dust rising in the northern sky — 
aye, in the southern sky, too (applause) — and when the wind shall 
tear away the veil we shall see the march of the burnished bayonets 
and we shall hear the cry again, "We are coming. Father Abraham, 
three hundred thousand more." (Enthusiastic cheers.) 

"'The greeting of Massachusetts! It cannot be said in the word 
"welcome," but rather in the spirit of a verse that says: 



84 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

" Say not welcome when you come, 
Nor farewell when you go, 
But a welcome we'd never give you, 
And a farewell we'd never say, 
For in our hearts you are always with us, 
And will be every day." 

(Applause.) 

"Hearty cheers were given for the Governor, and then a quartet 
sang 'Where Are the Boys of the Old Brigade?' The breakfast 
bugle call was sounded, after which Comrade John M, Flockton gave 
a sample of the way drum solos used to be rendered by the drummer 
boys of '61-'65. 'Dixie' was next sung with up-to-date frills by 
a quartet; there were more bugle calls, and then Mayor Collins was 
introduced and spoke briefly thus : 

"'Gentlemen of the Grand Army of the Republic: After your 
march through the thronged streets today you know it would be 
presumptuous as well as idle for any man, officer or otherwise, to 
attempt to express the welcome of Boston. 

" ' Never since the history of the town has there been in the down- 
town streets through which you went such an outpouring of Boston 
people, and never such an inrush of others who desired to come and 
testify their respect for you. 

"'It was enthusiasm, not curiosity; and it was enthusiasm tem- 
pered and ideahzed by respect, by gratitude and even by reverence. 

"'It would be idle, therefore, for any man to offer formally the 
welcome of Boston. It lies at your feet today. (Hearty applause.) 

"'May God send you back to your people as well as you have 
come. May God prosper and guide yoxi; and when you return may 
you find all within your gates happy and joyous at your home-coming.' 
(Prolonged applause.) 

"The four quartets combined sang 'Tenting on the Old Camp 
Ground,' and before the hearty plaudits it evoked had subsided the 
author and composer of that famous war song, Walter Kittredge 
of Reeds Ferry, N.H., was led upon the stage to be enthusiastically 
cheered by the thousands of veterans to whom it has been familiar 
for a generation past. 

"Comrade Francis L. Pratt next sang his famous 'Flag Song,' 
and in such fine voice that he made one of the pronounced hits of the 
evening. In succession then followed the songs, 'Nellie Was a Lady' 
and 'Comrades in Arms' by the quartet, 'The Vacant Chair' and 
a rattling quickstep by the band, and then, in place of the absent 
Commander-in-Chief of the G.A.R., General Black, Past Commander 
Louis Wagner of Pennsylvania spoke in the main as follows: 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 85 

'"I am complimented at being called upon to represent the 
G.A.R., but am still present by the merest accident. I wish to thank 
the comrades in Boston and her people for this grand welcome, and 
this great and renewed evidence of the intense patriotism having pos- 
session of every man, woman and child in this great Commonwealth. 
(Applause.) 

'"To us who in 1861 to 1865 fought and bled, some of us, for the 
suppression of the rebellion and the supremacy of this starry flag, it 
means much. (Applause.) We always come here gladly. We know 
Boston and Massachusetts well, and Boston welcomes the coming and 
speeds the parting guest. 

'"I thank Governor Bates ; I thank Mayor Collins, too. God bless 
him for his prayer for us. And I thank the Department Commander 
for the memorable welcome that has been extended to us.' (Ap- 
plause.) 

"As the hour was getting late and it was necessary to transform 
the hall into a dormitory for many of the tired veterans, several num- 
bers were eliminated from the program, which was brought to a close 
about 10 o'clock, after Colonel OUn's chorus had sung 'We Old Boys,' 
with Captain W. H. Brown of Marblehead rendering the solo part, 
and the entire audience of 5,000 had sung 'America.' 

"The tattoo and taps by bugle and drum brought to an end the 
most memorable camp-fire that Boston has ever seen, at least. 

"The combined quartets, who furnished the finest vocal music 
that probably was ever heard at a G.A.R. reunion, comprised Robert 
Martin, Charles W. Swain, William W. Walker, Dr. George R. Clark, 
A. C. Prescott, Arthur F. Cole, L. G. Ripley, W. E. Davison, W. H . 
Rose, D. E. Newland, E. L. MacArthur, A. H. McKee, Jewell Boyd, 
Leslie M. Bartlett, W. B. Phillips and T. R. Parriss. 

"The very efficient corps of ushers was furnished by Veterans' 
Guards Corps 1, special escort to Post 121 of Albany." 



THE RIVER CARNIVAL. 

WHATEVER sameness there may be in ordinary parades, the 
exhibition on the Charles River, Waltham, Wednesday even- 
ing, was unique and merited every word of praise that it 
received. 

There was never such a crowd in Waltham, in all her history, 
as went there to view the carnival, and for such a gathering it was 
handled in a skilful manner by all the transportation companies. 



86 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

It was during the month of May that the idea of holding a river 
carnival as a feature of the Grand Army Encampment was suggested 
by Past Department Commander Silas A. Barton of Waltham, Secre- 
tary of the Executive Committee. After consultation with Ernest 
D. Donnell of Waltham, who has personally managed all of the river 
carnivals ever held on the Charles River, the latter was told to make 
the arrangements. Major Donnell is a hard worker, and he gathered 
about him the members of the Canoeists' Illumination Association, 
representing all the boathouses along the river, who went to work 
immediately to arouse the enthusiasm of the 4,000 canoe owners and 
secure entries. 

The board of aldermen appropriated $100 to decorate the bridges, 
and the affair was indorsed and supported by the Waltham Business 
Men's Association. 

The Metropolitan Park Commission, represented by Superintend- 
ent Habberly of the Charles River reservation, had done everything 
possible to make the carnival a success, allowing organizations to 
construct the large features in the coves along the river, and readily 
granting permission for the erection of grand stands on the bank. 

"Waltham and the carnival," was the cry of 5,000 people at the 
North Station in the evening as they struggled for a seat in the regular 
and special trains provided. The officials sent out their specials just 
as quickly as they could be filled, so that there was but little of the 
discomfort usually attending large crowds. At about five o'clock the 
rush began, and from that on until after eight it seemed as if there 
were only two termini on the Boston & Maine system, Boston and 
Waltham. 

The grand stand devoted to the use of G.A.R. veterans at the 
carnival was the axis about which the most brilliant spectacle and 
the greatest interest revolved. 

Admirably situated upon the flat marsh land just below the 
Prospect Street bridge, the great structure, almost 200 feet in length, 
with a depth of sixteen tiers of seats, was easily the vantage point of 
the entire route. Some thirty-five yards separated the structure 
from the river, but this rather added than detracted from the general 
splendor of the illuminated procession, for the distance proved suffi- 
cient to eliminate the rough details of the floats, which could not be 
hidden from the opposite shore. 

Another feature which was distinctive only from the visitors' 
grand stand was the excellent spectacle of the illuminations that lined 
the river upon the Crescent Street side. 

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NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 87 

Co. F, 5th Regiment, under Colonel Oakes, that the filling of the 
grand stands was unattended by either confusion or accident. The 
G.A.R. visitors were a little tardy in appearing, but close to 7.45 
they arrived in goodly sized squads, and a hurrying and scurrying 
for seats followed. 

"Always room for one more" was about the only rule that had 
no exception. 

The crowd was essentially a Grand Army assemblage, with but 
few outsiders. General O. O. Howard with friends, and Chief Shaw 
also with a number of friends, were recognized and pointed out. The 
Hon. E. T. Harvell of Rockland and Ex-Senator Charles H. Innes 
were also noticed. It was an unusually good-natured and appreciative 
assemblage that stormed the grand stand. The hurrying comrades 
who walked up and down the line seeking seats that did not exist were 
greeted with not a little jollying. 

It was S.15 o'clock when a burst of light from the great crown 
that surmounted the tall chimney of the American Waltham Watch 
Company announced that the parade had started. This crown was 
composed of more than 400 vari-colored electric lights. It was about 
20 feet in diameter, and, located 175 feet from earth, it was visible 
for miles around. Synchronized with this flash was the movement 
of more than two miles of hfe and color, some 400 gayly dressed canoes 
and nearly a half-hundred floats being represented in the pageant, 
while about 4,000 canoes lined both banks of the stream. It was 11 
o'clock before the end of the procession reached the starting point, 
after covering the designated route. 

Immediately following the large steam launch of Commodore 
Doty came the float of the Young Men's Debating Club of Waltham, 
entered by Frank P. Kenney, William A. Quinn and Arthur T. O'Neil. 
It represented a sacrifice to a Chinese god, the god sitting on a 
throne in the centre of the float, while members of the club, in Chinese 
costume, were about it. 

The next in line to attract particular attention was the single 
canoe decoration of R. D. Smith — a large torpedo, made of the 
national colors and illuminated by candles. Following that came one 
of the most admired features of the procession — Cleopatra's barge, 
representing the Egyptian queen setting forth to greet Mark Antony. 
The barge was modeled after the celebrated picture. High in the 
stern sat the queen, surrounded by nymphs, graces and cupids, repre- 
sented by school children, while amidship sat a group of galley slaves 
manipulating lusty sweeps which propelled the barge. 

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88 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

Pilgrim Fathers, was a beautifully executed conception. Here again 
an historical picture furnished the basis for the design. The "May- 
flower " of the evening was a detailed reproduction of the little vessel 
that touched Plymouth Rock. 

''The Flag Our Fathers Saved" was a beautiful idea, although 
it came to grief at an early stage of the proceedings, being so large 
that it could not pass under the arches of the Prospect Street bridge. 
It was entered by General N. P. Banks Camp, Sons of Veterans, and 
Mother Stickney Tent, Daughters of Veterans. It consisted of a series 
of gauze-covered boxes, colored to form an immense reproduction of 
"Old Glory," each of the boxes containing a light. 

"Cuba's Appeal to Columbia" was a pretty conceit, executed by 
members of James M. Dermody Camp, L.S.W.V. A young woman 
was dressed to represent Columbia, while before her, in an attitude 
of supplication, knelt another young woman, who represented Cuba. 
In the stern of the boat were a half score of the soldier boys, in costume, 
a quartet from which made melod)'' as the float passed up the stream. 

Everybody shivered when the mammoth iceberg entered by Fred 
W. Young of the Norumbega boathouse drifted into view. This w^as 
the most massive feature of the pageant. A great spread of canvas, 
painted and covered with mica, representing an iceberg, was mounted 
on several boats. On one of the rear peaks of the berg were located 
two shivering Esquimaux. It was down on the program as "A 
Gust from Baffin's Bay, through the courtesy of the ice trust." 

A shivery feature from another point of view was the "Red Cross 
Field Hospital," entered by Dr. Allen Greenwood, Dr. H. D. Chadwick 
and Mr. Frank Barnes of Waltham. It represented a field hospital 
tent. On an operating table a dummy patient was laid. Around it 
were grouped four or five nurses from the Waltham Training School 
for Nurses, sterilizing instruments, administering ether or preparing 
antiseptic bandages. Dr. Greenwood was operating. 

The noted picture, "The Spirit of '76," furnished the inspiration 
for the float of the hairspring department of the American Waltham 
Watch Company. The ancient fifer played "Yankee Doodle" to the 
tempo of the youthful drummer boy, while another lad waved an 
American flag. 

Norumbega Lodge, Knights of Pythias, presented an allegorical 
picture, "The Return of Damon," for whom Pythias had been held as 
hostage. A member of the lodge, in costume, was mounted on a lay 
figure of a horse, accompanied by two mailed attendants and two 
headsmen. This feature attracted great applause, particularly from 
the large K.P. stand on the south bank of the river. 



NATIONAL EN'CAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 89 

The Baseball Club of the jewel department of the watch company 
represented themselves seated about the banquet table, celebrating 
the championship of their league. 

Wliile one float represented Cleopatra setting forth to greet 
Antony, the float of St. Joseph's C.T.A. Society of Waltham represented 
Antony in his barge in pursuit of Cleopatra. The figures on the barge 
were all appropriately costumed. 

The American Baseball Club from the watch factory had a pretty 
feature, and one particularly appropriate to the occasion. It was 
entitled "Unity." A group of soldier boys were represented on the 
float, and across a field gun the blue and the gray clasped hands. 

C. G. Metz's automobile boat was one of the mechanical novelties 
of the procession and came in for much appreciative applause. An 
automobile body was placed on a canoe, steadied by concealed out- 
riggers. It was operated by steam which furnished power directly 
to the wheels of the automobile. These wheels were made turbine 
fashion, and propelled the odd craft swiftly and safely. 

F. A. Ballou had an odd thing — an immense dragon suspended 
above two canoes, and brilliantly illuminated. A mechanical device 
enabled the head of the dragon to be turned from side to side, and 
another bit of mechanism opened and closed its yawning mouth. As 
a bit of realism, one of the occupants of the canoe gave a thrilling 
growl simultaneously with each opening of the yawning mouth. 

"Lincoln Freeing the Slaves," an idea borrowed from the statue 
in Park Square, was the offering of the Hogan Associates of Waltham. 
Eugene Holl represented President Lincoln, with his hand on the head 
of the kneehng slave. 

William Nelson of the Quinobin Club had an excellent representa- 
tion of Ericsson's monitor — the "cheesebox on a raft" — and he 
displayed a bravery and intrepidity worthy of the original in quench- 
ing without serious damage a fire which was started by one of his 
Japanese lanterns, and which at one time threatened to put his craft 
out of commission. 

Of the smaller features worthy of special mention was the "elec- 
tric butterfly," presented by G. M. Goetting. The insect was placed 
in the bow of the canoe, and was illuminated by a number of tiny 
electric lights fed from a storage battery. The effect was beautiful. 

The camp scene of the Waltham Canoe Club was a feature gener- 
ally admired as it glided over the route, and among other features 
deemed worthy of note were the Ferris wheel entered by Neil Jepseh ; 
Arthur Sadler of the B.A.A., walking on the water with a pair of minia- 
ture boats; the Venetian gondola of E. L. Milton, with its accompani- 



90 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

ment of pretty costumes and beautiful singing; the float of Governor 
Gore and Prospect lodges, I.O.O.F.; the torpedo boat destroyer of 
Frank 11. Bradford, the airship of Paul G. Putnam, the illuminated 
flag of John J. McMackin, the animated shark of J. E. Mullen, the 
canoe of H. B. Mansfield beautifully decorated with goldenrod, the 
Chinese pagoda of Henry V. Manning, the gondola of R. D. Smith, the 
Chinese sampan of E. R. ilcore, the camp scene of the Crescent Canoe 
Club, and the single canoe, dressed with lights, of N. F. Humphrey. 

There were more than five hundred single canoes in line, and 
above a hundred thousand people saw the show. 

"Well," said the man from Ohio with resignation, "that beats 
the fireflies on the Alleghany, sure;" while another observed, "If I'm 
not stark, staring mad after all these gaudy shows the folks at home 
will hear some great yarns." 

The decorations and illuminations along the banks of the river 
were quite in keeping with the mo\dng scenes and were, by far, the 
most gorgeous ever seen in Waltham. A splendid reception was given 
the distinguished guests and visitors at the offices of the American 
Watch Company which was very prominent in the carnival, and no 
feature of the parade attracted more attention than the electrical 
decorations on the factory. These could be seen for miles around, 
particularly the crown of red, white and blue light surmounting the 
175-foot chimney. The fu-st flash from this great beacon announced 
to the waiting throngs the start of the parade from the basin near the 
pumping station of the Waltham water works. This lofty crown was 
made up of 416 16-candle-power lights, was six feet high in its solid 
portion, with the points extending two feet higher. 

Another striking feature of the electrical illuminations was the 
electrical balance wheel, ten feet in diameter. Huge electric stars 
attached to the roof marked both wings of the building. 

No small part of the illumination was the Ughted factory win- 
dows, nearly all the 50,000 electric lights in the building being 
turned on. 

Even this scene of splendor must end, and between nine and ten 
o'clock wise people began to steal away to catch a car or train. 

At 11 o'clock the citizens had departed, at 11.30 the small boys, 
but at one o'clock the hobo delegation was still upon the mammoth 
stand, -with expectation good that the morning sun would rise upon 
their sleeping forms. 

For the river carnival there was paid from the Encampment funds, 
$2,324.00. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 91 



THE AUTOMOBILE RIDE. 

INNOVATIONS were among the surprises that Boston had in store 
for her visitors. They had themselves moved tlirough a sea of faces 
on Monday and Tuesday ; they had seen the outpouring of patriotism 
in the Mechanics Hall camp-fire ; Wednesday evening they had beheld 
a realization of dreams in the Waltham water display ; and now, on the 
afternoon of Thursday, they were to have the landscape of a twenty- 
mile section of the Bay State flit by them, though the flitting was to 
be theirs rather than the land's. All other Encampment points had 
proffered the delegates more or less extended tours on steamboat, 
railwa}'^ train or trolley, but to Boston came the inspiration of taking 
these representatives from far and near in a ride by automobile, that 
product of iron and brains which more than any other one item sig- 
nalizes the introduction of the twentieth century. Perhaps it is not 
too much to affirm that no other city in America has so many inter- 
esting historical points within easy reaching distance, hence in part 
the anxiety of the veterans to be aboard and away. 

Concord and Lexington! Was there a delegate in that whole list 
of above a thousand who had not dreamed of these two places and 
hoped that the day might come when he might behold them? Today 
his hopes are to be realized, and there are very few vacant places in the 
cars reserved for these patriotic visitors. It was no small task to col- 
lect the hundreds of cars necessary for so formidable an array, but 
here they are some time before their passengers are ready for them. 
Possibly as a mere sight-seeing excursion it had been better if the 
speed had been less, if there had been fewer cars in the line, but it 
would not have answered what the projectors started out to do, hence 
the results as set forth in the columns of the Globe of the following day : 

"Tablets of historic import, like the one in Arlington Center which 
tells of the capture of eighteen British soldiers by the old men of 
Menotomy, as Arlington used to be called away back in Revolutionary 
times, flicked past the dust-filled eyes of Grand Army veterans dur- 
ing yesterday's automobile tour, like swallows awing. 

"Autos numbering up in the hundreds took delegates from Sym- 
phony Hall out over a route to Concord all a-whisper with bygone 
deeds of daring which led up to and culminated in the Declaration of 
Indei^endence and the surrender at Yorktown. 

"The site of Jason Russell's house, where that long dead worthy 
of tender memory was captured with eleven others and cruelly put to 



92 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

death by British soldiers retreating from Concord and Lexington, was 
a blur to the eyes of delegates, for the trip to Concord was a run-away, 
dust-flinging flight from the moment of the start at 1.30 o'clock. 

"Some of the old soldiers might have been interested to see the 
spot, also in Arlington, where eighty-year-old Samuel Whittemore 
killed three redcoats on the 19th of April, 1775; but the landscape was 
making tall strides the other way when they got opposite that spot, 
and the dust was up and doing as if cyclones were at play in the streets. 
Historic spots and things were very much on the move, and nine- 
tenths of the veterans were holding on to car-sides or their hats from 
start to finish. 

"As arranged some few days ago the start was to be made at 
one o'clock, but there were things doing subsequent to the election of 
General W. W. Blackmar in Symphony Hall which delaj^ed the dele- 
gates who were to see the place where the ' embattled farmer stood and 
fired the shot heard round the world.' 

"Great touring cars, lesser ones, runabouts and buckboards 
began to arrive about 11.30. Some were assigned to division A, 
others to di\asion B, and they lined up near the curbing in St. Stephen 
and Gainsboro streets and in Huntington Avenue, to await passengers 
and the signal to get away. Each car was decorated with silken flags, 
and when the long procession got straightened out there was fluttering 
snappily in the air a glorious trail of red, white and blue showing the 
direction. 

"Section A, awaiting the start order in Huntington Avenue, 
began to move at 1.30, and as the police all along the two routes 
taken to Concord had been notified to respect the flag-bedecked 
autos by keeping their stop watches tucked away in their inside 
pockets, the desire to make previous records over the road to the 
'Minuteman' look like bad money was quickly apparent. 

"Also, it was obvious by the rapid heart-beats of the fast ma- 
chines that veterans were to have about as much in mind concerning 
many places of peculiar interest when the tour was finished as they 
had at the start. They did, however, stop for a few minutes at the 
old battlefield in Lexington, where they were told by kindly disposed 
citizens that the first organized resistance against British oppression 
was made on what is now Lexington Common, and that the first 
blood in the War of the Revolution was shed there. 

"Such interesting reminders of other days as the old Munroe 
Tavern, in which is a chair that George Washington sat in when he 
\nsited Lexington in 1789, and the stone cannon marking the spot 
where Earl Percy's guns covered the retreat of the defeated British, 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 93 

were parts of the general scheme of the flying landscape too vague 
for even younger eyes to con. 

"But nevertheless the veterans had the time of their lives. Not 
one in a hundred had ever been in a 'devil wagon' before, and the 
exhilaration of veritably flying through the air either made most of 
them forget things historic or put them into a guessing, speculative 
frame of mind, in which broken heads, fractured limbs and sorrow 
and heartaches for loved ones at home loomed vividly every time a 
venturesome chauffeur took a sharp curve at full speed or brushed the 
dust from the hub of some other swiftly moving wheel. 

"The committee in charge of the tour certainly did its part 
toward making it a success. Charles H. Baker, Elliott C. Lee, presi- 
dent of the Massachusetts Automobile Club, Joseph B. Maccabe and 
Leonard D. Ahl looked sharp after the preparations, and were exceed- 
ing keen in keeping those not entitled to the ride from snuggling 
themselves down into the cushions. 

"Several who never heard the whiz of a bullet or smelled the 
odor of burnt powder tried to insinuate themselves into the gayety 
of the occasion, but were detected before the machines left the 
rendezvous. 

"About half of the cars took a route through the Newtons and 
Waltham, the rest going by the way of Cambridge and Arlington. 
One of the cars on the Newi;on route ran into a boy, who was said to 
have been bicycling on the wrong side of the street. Report came 
along the line that the lad escaped without serious injury, but that 
the machine, a big Columbia, was put out of commission by the sud- 
den application of the brakes. They worked to a nicety not to be 
excelled. Had they not the boy would have been killed. 

"Comrades who were whisked over this part of the route remarked 
that there was a milky-way sort of a streak all along, in which trees, 
houses, telegraph poles, historic spots and cheering, shouting, flag- 
waving people figured in a dizzy sort of a blend. But they enjoyed 
the sport and passengers were as interested as drivers to get to Lex- 
ington ahead of the crowd that went the other way. 

"Fringing the sides of both ways to the first stop were thou- 
sands of children, women and men. Houses were decorated and the 
people, supplied with flags, gathered on lawns and along the side- 
walks to wave greetings and cheer. Boys kept up a continuous 
'hi-yah' through the towns and back again, and quite all of Lexing- 
ton seemed to have gathered on and around the Common to welcome 
the veterans. 

"Breakdowns were surprisingly frequent, due probably to the 



94 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

heat which tends amazingly toward tire trouble, and to very fast 
running. Those disposed to loaf leisurely along and give their pas- 
sengers an opportunity to see the points of interest and the beauties 
of the country on that side of Boston soon found isolation from the 
main body threatening them if they didn't cut loose, consequently 
all engines were made to throb for quick miles. 

"On the Cambridge route fifteen breakdowns were counted before 
Lexington Common was reached. Some were caused by punctured 
tires, some by the cracking of spark plug insulation, some by break- 
age of other vital parts. 

"One big car, held up between Lexington and Concord by the 
bursting of a tire, held four Ohio veterans. The chauffeur was having 
some difficulty in replacing the huge round of inflated rubber after 
mending the puncture, and two of the passengers were doing all that 
they knew how to help snap it into place, when a comrade in a passing 
car, recognizing one of the stalled veterans, yelled : 

"'Hello, Joe; going t' stay awhile?' 

"'Just long enough to pry a new hoof onto th' hoss,' was the 
reply. 

"That there were no smash ups either going or returning seems 
somewhat remarkable, for there were street ears to avoid, carriages, 
bicycles and people crossing the streets to look out for, to say noth- 
ing of big machines which, reaching the statue of the 'Minuteman,' 
first started on the return after only a few minutes' wait. Once the 
return was taken up the danger of collision was somewhat pronounced, 
as there were lines of cars going rapidly in opposite directions and a 
constant smother of dust in the air. 

"There was no let up in the pace set by the leaders, and interest- 
ing places in Concord also had wings. 

"The distance from Boston is about twenty miles, and some of 
the cars were at the old battle ground in less than an hour after start- 
ing. Had it not been for the delay at the start many visitors who 
wished to see Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, where on Authors' ridge 
repose the remains of Emerson, Hawthorne, Miss Louisa M. Alcott 
and Thoreau, would have had an opportunity, but as soon as the 
statue of the 'Minuteman' was reached everybody seemed suddenly 
seized with a desire to return. 

"The veterans did, however, see the old North Bridge, the spot 
where the gallant Captain Davis fell, and the statue by a native 
sculptor, D. C. French, which was dedicated on the one hundredth 
anniversary of the Concord fight. 

"The 'old manse,' which was built as a parsonage for Rev. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 95 

William Emerson, a patriot of the Revolution, and to which Haw- 
thorne brought his bride away back in the '40s, was visited by many 
of the veterans; also the Wright Tavern in Monument Square where 
the minutemen made their headquarters on the morning of that 
memorable fight. This house has not been changed since the 'min- 
utemen ' met there. It is still used as a tavern. 

"More time would have enhanced the enjoyment of the day, 
but each veteran of the more than one thousand that raced over the 
roads to the old North Bridge enjoyed himself to the hmit. Those 
with whiskers carried away considerable real estate picked up in transit, 
and when the lot of men that went out to see the historic places was 
landed in the city again they looked as if they had just come in from 
the firing line, and many of them had thirsts like the thirsty sword." 

Owing to his unavoidable detention and his excessive weariness 
General Black could not take the ride with the crowd, hence, that 
he might lose none of the glories of the week, a special trip for him 
and his family was proposed and taken Friday morning. While the 
General may not have ridden as rapidly as did the exciirsionists of 
Thursday, he doubtless saw a great deal more. 



ELECTRICAL TROLLEY PARADE. 

MECHANICS HALL could not hold all of the many thousands who 
wished to have a part in the glorious reception, so a show for 
their delectation was arranged, again an innovation in the line 
of sights and wonders. Boston was so generous that one thing at a 
time did not suffice, so she drafted some of her trolleys into service and 
thereby left another gUttering impression on the minds and memories 
of those beholding. 

"It was a fitting climax to the succession of magnificent spectacles 
provided for the entertainment of the Grand Army visitors which was 
given Thursday evening, when fully 200,000 persons crowded three 
broad avenues in the upper part of the city and witnessed one of the 
grandest electrical parades ever arranged. 

"It was a reminder of the big Grand Army procession, from the 
fact that the parade went over a rather short route, which forced 
the thousands desirous of seeing the parade into a terrific jam, which 
was at some places so bad that the police had all they could do to 
handle the throng. 

"Copley Square has been crowded on several occasions, but never 



96 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

before have so many persons been squeezed into streets of the square 
and the grass plots. The entire square was a swaying sea of faces, 
every one in the crowd being anxious to get as good a position as 
possible. 

"The same is true of other points along the line. The jam at the 
intersections of Columbus Avenue and Dartmouth Street was enough 
to stall the passage of the parade for several minutes, and at the 
corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Columbus Avenue the crowd was 
so dense that it was only after the greatest exertion that the railway 
tracks could be cleared. 

"People came from far and near to view the illuminated floats. 
Every inward bound car and elevated train was filled to the limit, 
and many hundreds were unable to get aboard the cars and were 
forced to walk. 

"The crowd gathered as early as 7 o'clock, although the parade 
was not scheduled to start from the car barn until 8.15. Copley 
Square was the principal point, the majority of the veterans remain- 
ing in town gathering there, while hundreds of others took up a posi- 
tion at Mechanics Building. 

"It was expected that little difficulty would be experienced, but 
the police, after their experience with the crush on Tuesday, did not 
take any chances, and as many men as could be spared were dis- 
tributed along the line of march. The police of Divisions 5, 10 and 
16, through which the parade passed, had the greatest responsibility, 
but details had been sent from other stations to assist. 

"The parade was scheduled to leave the Lenox Street car house 
at 8.15, and it got under way just on time. Just one hour later the 
automobile bearing Colonel William H. Oakes, the Chief Marshal, 
and the members of the Entertainment Committee, had returned and 
took up a position on Columbus Avenue, near the starting point, and 
reviewed the parade. 

"Sergeant Guard of Division 11 led the parade, followed by Chief 
Marshal Oakes in an auto with Colonel Charles H. Baker, Chairman 
of the Grand Arm)' Entertainment Committee, Hon. Joseph IMaccabe 
and Chief Shaw. Then followed an open car carrying the Boston 
& Maine Railroad Y.M.C.A. band of thirty pieces, Edward H. Casey, 
leader. 

"Next in line was General William A. Bancroft's private parlor 
car in which rode these members of the Seventeenth of June Carnival 
Association: President Frank H. Bagley, Edward A. Carter, Edward 
H. Carter, Bernard J. McCarron, James M. Ginty and James D. 
Coady. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. K. 97 

"Then followed the sixteen floats, each typical of an important 
epoch in the history of the United States, gorgeously decorated and 
brilliantly illuminated with vari-colored incandescent lights. In the 
groupings on the floats appeared about 125 young men and women of 
Charlestown, who helped illustrate the glory of America's advance in 
the progress of nations. 

"As the floats swung out of the car barns on to Columbus Avenue 
they were greeted by an enthusiastic cheer from the crowd. It was 
with difficulty that any progress could be made, and there was a delay 
in turning into Massachusetts Avenue, so dense was the crowd. Then 
the procession wound itself like a living thing into Massachusetts 
Avenue, where it was greeted by throngs that crowded the railroad 
bridge and filled every point of vantage. 

"The beauty of the spectacle was brought out more grandl)^ than 
ever when all the floats had turned into broad Huntington Avenue 
and passed dowTi slowly through a lane of humanity wedged in tightly 
from one side of the street to the other. The music of the band and 
the thousands of lights passing slowly down the street were an inspir- 
ing sight and brought forth salvos of applause. 

" In front of Mechanics Hall the parade was greeted by an immense 
throng of old veterans and then it passed along to Copley Square, 
where the largest crowd along the line was met. At this point 
Sergeant Goode and a number of officers worked like Trojans to keep 
an open space, and the parade could only pass along at a snail's pace. 

" Turning into Dartmouth Street similar crowds were met with and 
there was a dense throng in the open area of the Back Bay Station, 
where a good view was secured. The floats were kept about one 
hundred feet apart and the motormen upon them added in no small 
measure to the beauty of the spectacle by maintaining the distances. 

"The crowd at the corner of Columbus Avenue and Dartmouth 
Street was stretched far down both streets and once more the parade 
was brought to a stop on account of the jam. From that point on 
to the car barn it was a straight run, and as the parade moved along 
the avenue was ablaze with light. 

"At Columbus Square Captain O'Lalor of Division 5 was personally 
in charge of his men and good order was maintained despite the fact 
that the crowd was wedged in tightly. At Massachusetts Avenue 
Chief Marshal Oakes turned out and reviewed the parade. 

"That the young women on the floats were deserving of the com- 
pliments they received for their display of patriotic spirit no one 
can deny. Nearly all of them were gowned in light-weight white 
dresses, many cut low in the neck, and wore no wraps on their shoul- 



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ders despite the rather cool atmosphere. They were uncomplaining 
and apparently enjoyed themselves, as not a plaint or murmur was 
heard upon the return, although they must have suffered considerably. 

"The young men and women who took part in the display were 
transported to and from Charlestown in special cars. The closing of 
the streets through which the parade passed caused a small shake-up 
in the car service. Superintendent Gould of Division 2 had a large 
staff of aides at work and at the proper time all the car ser\dce was 
diverted to other streets. 

"After the parade there was a general scramble on the part of the 
crowd to get conveyances for home and every car was quickly 
swamped. 

"All the extra cars available had been run out and naturally 
there was a severe congestion that took nearly two hours to remedy. 

"However, the crowd was uncomplaining for the most part, as 
they had enjoyed one of the finest spectacles Boston has seen for 
many a day." 



EXCURSIONS AND SIGHT-SEEING. 

THOUGH the encampments and conventions were over, and though 
many of the veterans of both sexes were leaving Boston, the city 
was yet noticeably crowded with "boys in blue" and their asso- 
ciates. There were still many sights to be seen and hundreds of people 
were saying, "This is the only chance of my life to see Boston as she 
really is." Custodians of noteworthy points had kindly thrown wide 
open the places of supreme interest to all wearers of the little bronze 
button, and the veterans were prominent in their inspection of King's 
Chapel, the Old North Church with its recollections of lanterns and Paul 
Revere, the Old South where Warren spoke and whence the "Mohawks" 
set forth to make the cup of tea in Boston Harbor, and Bunker Hill 
Monument, up whose hundreds of steps the aged men climbed for the 
glorious vista disclosed from its upper chamber. If there was a society 
of any kind within a radius of ten miles of the "Hub" that did not 
offer a reception to all or a part of the visitors it was a strange over- 
sight. The man or woman who attended all of them had very little 
time left for sleeping. 

BASS POINT AND FISH DINNER. 

Among the features of Friday were the excursion down the harbor 
and the dinner at Bass Point, tendered the delegates and their lady 
friends. The steamer Myles Standish, with its Old Colony name, 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 99 

having a carrying capacity of 1,600, was assigned to this task, and at 
11 A.M. from Rowe's Wharf it steamed away with as merry a party as 
the harbor waters ever bore. The fish dinner at the Point was up to 
the standard of that famous place, and the appreciation of the visitors 
was quite in keeping. Sixteen hundred Grand Army veterans and 
friends, with war-time appetites, made an attack on the viands, and 
before they left the tables they had entirely consumed the objects 
of attack. 

For the sake of those who like statistics a resume of the items 
served may prove of interest in coming days. It included 5,600 pounds 
of deep sea perch, 1,900 pounds of scrod and 800 pounds of lobsters. 
There were 324 gallons of clams, 350 of clam chowder, 330 of milk and 
cream, with 110 of coffee. In the bread line there were 3,400 rolls, 
350 loaves and 350 cakes, besides six barrels of crackers. Of cucum- 
bers 1,000 disappeared and 2,000 bananas were consumed. Also 30 
bushels of tomatoes, 28 of lettuce, 10 of radishes, while 20 bushels of 
potato chips and 30 gallons of olives found lodgment on the well- 
spread tables. In preparing this food 500 pounds of butter, 500 
pounds of lard and 300 pounds of sugar were used. More than 50,000 
dishes were laid. Four hundred and seventy-five men and women were 
engaged in preparing and serving the dinner. 

It was one of the biggest and best dinners ever served at Bass 
Point. All the hotels and many private houses accommodated guests, 
and the entire program was gone through without a hitch. 

To many of the veterans and their friends at the dinner, the affair 
was a novelty. Many had read, with wonder, of shore dinners, and to 
those from the Western states, many of whom never before saw salt 
water, the meal was a revelation. All voted it a success, and as the 
big crowd rose from the tables and strolled on the rocks at the point 
there were few indeed who did not express themselves as more than 
satisfied with the dinner they had eaten. 

On the way great interest was manifested in the fortifications in 
the harbor, and in lighthouses and government buildings passed. The 
trip included a sail along the North Shore as far as Salem, where the 
steamer turned and headed for the base of attack, Bass Point. 

By this time the appetites of everyone on board had been sharp- 
ened by the bracing salt sea air, and all were anxious for the dinner. 
Shortly after one o'clock the party landed at Bass Point wharf, and 
the crowd of hungry people, young and old, made a grand charge on 
the places they were assigned to. At the Relay House 800 people 
were served, and at the Bass Point House the remainder, about 750, 
were seated. 



100 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

During the excursion appreciative resolutions were offered by 
Colonel W. W. Smith of Topeka, Kansas, extolling the hospitaUty of 
Boston and its boundless resources for pleasure and entertainment. 



KEARSARGE VETERANS. 

As guests of the Kearsarge Veteran Association, 500 former sailors 
of the U.S. Navy in the Civil War were given a sail down the harbor 
Friday morning on the steamer Lincoln. 

"Admiral '' Andrew Houghton was not able to get away from his 
duties to accompany them, and Shipmate King was put in charge. 
The guests came from all parts of the country, and some of them had 
not seen the ocean for years. Naturally they were as delighted as 
children to get once more out where they could see the rolling waves. 

The steamer left at eleven, and a number of veterans of the Grand 
Army, who were lingering about the wharf without any place in view, 
were invited to join the party. The program of the day included a sail 
about the islands in the upper harbor, and then as far out as Boston 
Light. 

A sub-committee of the association had charge of the commissary 
department, and put on board sufficient to feed all, even though the 
sea air doubles their ordinary appetites. The party landed at Rowe's 
Wharf at four o'clock in the afternoon. 



LEXINGTON. 

Lexington, August 19. — All day this town was the centre of 
attractions for the members of the Posts at the National Encampment. 
Throughout the day hundreds availed themselves of the opportunity 
to visit the places which have a prominent place in history. 

The visitors are provided with a small pamphlet, issued by the 
local G.A.R., explaining the historical places and how to get to them; 
and to add to the convenience of the visiting delegations citizens volun- 
teered to help the local Post and its auxiliary, the Woman's Relief 
Corps, in conveying the visitors around. 

The centre of attraction for all seemed to be the Hancock-Clarke 
House, where the relics of the battle of Lexington are kept, and the 
attendants arc kept busy answering questions and explaining the 
history of each article. 

Each visitor was requested to register at the old house, and it is 
estimated that 1,000 have registered every day this week. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 101 

woman's relief corps AT REVERE BEACH. 

Revere, August 19. — The delegates to the Convention of the 
Woman's Relief Corps were entertained at Revere Beach by the 
Massachusetts Department. 

The headquarters were at the Hotel Pleasanton. When the train 
with the officers of the Massachusetts Department arrived at Crescent 
Beach station, Color-bearers Mrs. B. H. Hunt and Miss E. Annie 
McLean of Corps 68 of Dorchester led the way to the hotel. 

The guest of special honor was Miss Clara Barton, the founder of 
the Red Cross Society. She was everj'where greeted with the greatest 
respect. Men and women on the promenade recognized her, men 
uncovering their heads and women applauding as she passed. 

The delegates invited to the dinner served in the hotel at twelve 
numbered 400, and the crowd was so great that to handle them with- 
out confusion a line was formed on the shore side of the driveway, and 
the delegates marched across to the hotel, headed by the color-bearers. 

Following the colors came the Massachusetts Department officers, 
Mrs. Ahce M. Goddard, Department Junior Vice-President, escorting 
Miss Barton; Mrs. Annie M. Warne, Department President; Mrs. Har- 
riet A. Ralph, Department Senior Vice-President. 

Mrs. Augusta Wales, of the Entertainment Committee, ably 
handled the general arrangements for the dinner. 

Mrs. Alice M. Goddard, chairman, presided at the tables, and 
divine blessing was invoked by Mrs. Harriet J. Bodge of Connecticut, 
Past National President. 

Among those seated at the guests' table were: Miss L. C. Hop- 
kins, Past National Inspector; Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Hitt, Mrs. Hamp- 
ton, Mrs. Bodge and Mrs. Fuller, Past National Presidents; Miss 
Clara Barton; Past National Chaplains Mrs. Knowles, Mrs. Clark, 
Mrs. Parker; Past National Secretaries Miss Bross, Mrs. Reed and 
Mrs. Wright; Mrs. Annie M. Warne, Department President of Massa- 
chusetts; Mrs. Ralph, Department Senior Vice-President; Miss Elliot, 
Department Secretary; Mrs. Sawyer, Department Chaplain. 

After dinner about an hour was spent on the beach, and at three 
o'clock the delegates took a special train for Lynn. At that point the 
committee of Massachusetts Department officers turned over the vis- 
itors to a local committee on entertainment. 

DAUGHTERS OF VETERANS AT MEDFORD. 

Within the portals of the ancient Royall House of Medford the 
Sarah E. Fuller Tent 22, Daughters of Veterans, of Medford, tendered 



102 TTNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

an informal reception Thursday to all the visiting women connected 
with the Grand Army. More than 1,500 women, members of the 
various auxiliary organizations of the Grand Army, together with 
many delegates to the National Convention of Sons of Veterans, as 
well as numerous veterans, their wives and friends, availed themselves 
of this opportunity of inspecting this relic of Revolutionary times and 
enjoyed the hospitality of the Medford Tent. 

The preparations for the reception of the guests were in charge of 
Miss Bertha J. Whitney, who is a daughter of General Jophanus H. 
Whitney, and Mrs. Elizabeth J. Joyce, assisted by an efficient com- 
mittee of arrangements. 

The visitors were taken in charge by young lady guides, who 
explained the many articles of interest. 

Among those who attended were Mrs. Carrie A. W^estbrook of 
Elmira, N.Y., retiring National President of the Daughters of Veterans, 
and her secretary, Mrs. Annie Clark Gage ; Department President Mrs. 
Ida E. Warren of Worcester; Junior Vice-Commander of the Sons of 
Veterans L. W. Friedman of Birmingham, Ala., and members of 
the council in chief, H. S. Speelman of Cincinnati, 0., and J. H. 
McGuire of IndianapoUs. 

THE WHITE SQUADRON. 

During the entire week, \'isitors were welcomed to that part of 
the U.S. Navy that could be sent to Boston. The world-wide dis- 
tribution of the nation's ships prevented a larger assemblage, but 
those present were worthy the admiration of all visitors, from the cen- 
tury-old Constitution, lying at her Chariest own moorings, to the 
proud ship-of-war the Massachusetts, with all her modern equipment. 
Farragut's old flag ship, the Hartford, drew her quota of admirers, and 
it was a large and varied array of voyagers who climbed aboard the 
cruisers Columbia, Minneapolis and Des Moines; the gunboats Nash- 
ville and Detroit; the torpedo-boat destroyers Whipple, Warden, Trux- 
ton, Hull, Hopkins, Lawrence and McDonough, every name being a 
reminder of the mighty past. The vessels themselves were embel- 
lished with their full complement of colors, pennants and flags, making 
a display as gorgeous as that which, sweeping before the vision of 
Joseph Rodman Drake, drew from him his inimitable ''American 
Flag." While the ships were not drawn up in any particular order, 
and if they were not seen in race or conflict, they played an effective 
part in the pleasures and success of Boston's magnificent Grand Army 
week. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 103 

THE HARBOR AND NANTASKET. 

The Entertainment Committee had reserved Saturday, the 20th 
of August, and the last day of the week, as a send-off for the visitors, 
one that they would remember to the latest day of their respective 
lives. There is little doubt as to their memory of the day and its 
events, though from some other reasons than those in the minds of 
the proposers when they devised the Harbor Excursion as some- 
thing to astonish the people from the vast interior. Notwithstand- 
ing the threatening looks of the heavens, as the hour of advertised 
departure of the steamer neared, the folks who expected to go put 
in an appearance, one by one, till at 11.30 the Myles Standish left 
her wharf with above 650 excursionists aboard. Already the rain was 
falling in such torrents that the decks were deserted for the drier 
spaces below and within. The days of sails are a long ways in the 
past, yet now and then one poetically inclined is heard repeating, 

" A wet sheet and a flowing sea, 
A wind that follows fast," 

doubtless thinking that Allan Cunningham had no better conditions 
for his effusion than Old Neptune was now giving these, his latest 
guests. 

Plymouth was the ultimate aim of the party that was crowded 
within the stanch old steamer, but a mile outside was sufficient to 
let the officers know that their passengers would be happier nearer 
shore, hence the prow was turned towards the inner waters and again 
there was a chance to see and enjoy the harbor sights. Very many 
of the good people who had essayed the trip were strangers to the 
sea, and they were quite content to leave the vast beyond for some 
pleasanter day. Everything on the waters that had a whistle tuned 
up as the Standish came near and ear-splitting salutes were con- 
stantly in order. 

Fortunately ample provision for lunching had been made and a 
continuous repast was in progress from the time of leaving the dock 
till the return, late in the afternoon. Elegant leather cigar-cases, 
well filled, were distributed as souvenirs of the day, and nothing was 
forgotten that could contribute to the happiness of the passengers. 
At 1.30 P.M. the steamer drew up at Nantasket and gave her people 
a chance to inspect the Vanity Fair of Eastern Massachusetts, and, 
though the wind still blew great guns and the rain was still falling, 
some of the hardy Western mountaineers of both sexes did not hesi- 
tate to look up all that was seeable on so wet a day. The great 



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majority, however, of the voyagers gathered upon the veranda of 
the great hotel and sang war songs to the edification of themselves 
and the habitants. 

Some of the travelers accompanied General Blackmar to his 
near-by farm, known by him and others as "World's End," and thus 
had a chance to see one of the most complete estates in the Common- 
wealth. After a two-hours' wait the Standish starts on her return 
trip, the rain having exhausted its fury. A meeting was convened in 
the main cabin over which Comrade Dwight O. Judd of Holyoke, 
Chairman of the Executive Committee, presided, and opened his 
remarks by saying that Boston had made good his remark in San 
Francisco when he gave his invitation, viz., "Come to Boston and 
we will give you the time of your life." He also paid a deserved 
compliment to Chairman Charles H. Baker, of the Entertainment 
Committee, for the successful work accomplished by him and his 
associates. 

Comrade Lewis B. Rice of Port Huron, Mich., presented the 
following resolution : 

Resolved, That we, comrades of the Grand Army, members of 
the Woman's Rehef Corps, Ladies of the G.A.R., gathered from all 
parts of the Union, wish to express our appreciation of the kindness 
and courtesy of Captain S. B. Brown of the steamer Myles Standish, 
and of all the officers and crew of the boat, as well as of the Hon. 
Charles H. Baker, Chairman of the Entertainment Committee, and of 
Major George E. Henry, Chairman of the sub-committee having 
in special charge the commissary department today. 

"We thank you, one and all, for the delightful sail and for all 
the good things, including music and song, that have carried us back 
to the old days of '01-'65." 

Captain Brown was called down from his pilot-house and General 
Blackmar made a speech brimful of humor, good will and patriotism, 
and, as the enthusiastic company united in singing "America" for a 
closing piece, the vessel drew up at the wharf and the last official 
bit of entertaining on the part of the Encampment workers was 
ended. 

PLYMOUTH AND THE W.R.C. 

While the sterner sex, though not unaccompanied by representa- 
tives of the gentler, was battling with the waters of Boston Harbor in a 
vain effort to reach the cradle of New England, in other words, 
Plymouth, the good women of the Relief Corps, having accepted the 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 105 

invitation of CoUing^^'ood Corps of that historic town, proceeded 
thither by train and had none of the humid experiences afforded 
those who sailed upon the Myles Standish. It did seem a trifle strange 
that anything bearing so valiant a name as that of the Captain of 
Plymouth should fail in accomplishing any task, but while the Stojid- 
ish was plowing the waves of the harbor, the swiftly moving train 
was taking its precious freight of humanity direct to "Ye Ancient 
Towne," there to be received, dined and taken in carriages to every 
point of interest in what is, all things considered, the most interesting, 
if not sacred, place in the New World. 

They saw the Rock beneath its symmetrical canopy, they rode 
along Leyden Street with its memories of that terrible first winter; 
they entered the successor of the First Church and gave their opinions 
as to the artist's success in depicting the features of the prominent 
Pilgrims; climbed the sides of the First Burial Ground, and spent the 
remainder of their time in Pilgrim Hall with its inexhaustible col- 
lections of items bearing on 1620 and nearer dates. All came away 
with a more exalted notion of the value of the heritage their mascu- 
line friends had imperiled their lives to save. 

LAUNCHING OF THE CUMBERLAND. 

Had the over-active President of the United States seen fit to 
take a part in the G.A.R. Encampment, it is probable that even he 
would have voted the week pretty nearly up to his standard of stren- 
uousness. Land and sea touch each other in Boston, and it was a 
happy thought to project the committing to the waves of the latest 
naval creation during the season of veteran presence in New England's 
metropolis. 

Almost 100,000 people, including a vast array of "old salts," who 
knew what battles meant, assembled in and about the Navy Yard in 
Charlestown on Wednesday to see the beautiful Cumberland glide into 
the ocean's arms. There was a distinguished assemblage besides, in 
which were Governor Bates, Navy Secretary Paul Morton of the 
President's Cabinet, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Speaker Cannon 
of the House of Representatives, and many others, none more no- 
table than Rear Admiral Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr. (retired), who 
had been an officer on the old Cumberland when she was sunk by 
the Merrimac in Hampton Roads. 

All that music and gunpowder could do to add to the interest 
of the occasion was had, and the visitors thronged through the ancient 
inclosure at will. Peter Norton, a survivor of the old Cumberland's 
crew, "broke out" the flag from the masthead of the new, as Miss 



106 UNOBTXCIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

Pauline Morton, the Secretary's daughter, broke a bottle of champagne 
over the ship's bow and the Cumberland, within sight of the frigate 
Constitution, slid down her ways to form a part of the country's glorious 
navy of which "Old Ironsides" floats, today, a relic of her mighty 
past. Thus were the new and the old most delightfully blended. 

To every naval veteran, resident or ^dsitant, perhaps this was 
the event of the week, nor were the Charlestown Posts slow in taking 
all that was their due in helping on the fete. Post 11 had fully a 
thousand army and navy veterans in line, and that was only a small 
portion of the throng which exulted in the unusual sight. 



REUNIONS. OPEN HOUSES. 

NO less than fifty assignments were made for reunions of com- 
panies, batteries, regiments, Posts, state associations, etc., in the 
preliminary pamphlet of information, issued by the committee in 
charge. Not only did these take place, but apparently as many 
more, not down in the list, took place, occasioning a deal of delight 
to those having a part in them. There were gatherings representing 
nearly if not quite all the states in the Union, and seemingly a goodly 
portion of the more than two thousand organizations that, first and 
last, bore arms in suppressing the Rebellion got some of their mem- 
bers together for a jollification in Boston. 

There were near-by Posts that kept open house during the entire 
week and some Posts, a little too far out for that, engaged quarters 
in the city and hung out their ensign as a token of extended latch- 
string. Nothing was too good for the man with the bronze button, 
and, if he failed to get all he wanted, it must have been through his 
own failure to make his wants known. For helping thirteen Boston 
and other near-by Posts to thus entertain there was paid out from 
the funds S3,700.00. 

Joe Hooker Post of East Boston entertained many veterans 
from all parts of the nation to whom the name was an awakener of 
memories precious of the gallant general thus commemorated, and 
of the time when he was the "most soldierly figure that ever sat in a 
saddle." Dahlgren Post of South Boston was attractive to those 
who had served in the na^y or the armj^, for Ulric as well as his 
father is commemorated in that one family name. It came near being 
a sleepless period for the members of the Posts in Boston, or did the 
comrades belonging take turns in playing the hospitable hosts? 

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used in describing how U. S. Grant Post of Melrose entertained a 
like-named Post from Chicago; how all of the "boys" waxed eloquent 
and enthusiastic over Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, who with them was 
a guest of Captain Aaron F. Walcott; in like manner much space 
might be given to James A. Perkins Post of Everett, that took in 
and entertained Reynolds Post of Philadelphia, and the prolonged 
merry-making accorded the Philadelphians of Phil Sheridan Post 55, 
"The Tambo" by Post 26 of Roxbury would fill the entire volume. 
The visitors were not only received and feted, they were welcomed 
and taken care of during the whole week. Could the old schoolhouse 
on Washington Street, where met Posts 7, 15 and others, tell the 
story of that August week in the way of entertainment and ex- 
change of camp-fire tales, there would be material found for many 
a new "Munchausen." 

Lynn is not so far away but that a ride of a few minutes will 
carry the traveler there. Her local Post, General Lander, No. 5, 
is one of the most famous in the entire organization and, for many 
years, was the largest. Perhaps it is not too much to affirm that, 
however gi'and may be the housings of other Posts, no one has so 
interesting an assembly room as Post 5 possesses. Upon her walls may 
be seen the photographed faces of all the hundreds of men who have 
passed on to the majority. The idea is unique, for while other 
assemblies may have their members pictured and hung in frames, it 
remained for Post 5 to turn all of its interior walls as well as a portion 
of its ceiling into one magnificent picture frame, wherein appear 
the semblances of the mustered out with spaces reserved for those 
still in service. Here reigned free-hearted hospitality from the 
opening day, and the week ended with a camp-fire which made the 
arches ring. The guest book revealed a visitation of thousands dur- 
ing the Encampment period. 

When the flag fell at Camp "Jack" Adams, as it did, 10.30 a.m. 
Saturday, the 20th of August, the Encampment for 1904 was officially 
over, but so great a commotion of patriotism could not subside at 
once. Scattering bluecoats for many a day betrayed a ripple from 
the breezes of the entertainment week. While visited and visitors 
enjoyed every moment of the Encampment and would not, were it 
possible, undo any of the acts performed, yet wearied, if not sur- 
feited humanity was not averse to hearing what Saturday and the 
lowered flag seemed to say, viz., "Break ranks!" 



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ENCAMPMENT PROCEEDINGS. 

HAVING outgrown the capacity of any Post room, and Music Hall, 
where the sessions of 1890 were held, no longer being available 
for convention purposes, the Encampment convened in Sym- 
phony Hall on Huntington Avenue, Wednesday. After the hurly- 
burly of the preceding two days, there were those who really appre- 
ciated the change from a purely spectacular performance to the more 
quiet and businesslike meeting of delegates, intent on the good and 
progress of the CJrand Army. 

The hall had been beautifully decorated with the national colors, 
and at 10 a.m. the space was well filled with representatives from all 
parts of the country which they and their comrades, living and dead, 
had done so much to preserve intact. The delegates were desirous 
of seeing, at least, the beginning of the affair, though they were 
content that a less number should transact the real work of the 
meeting, as was evident in the gathering of the afternoon, when 
great vacant spaces proclaimed the fact that some of the repre- 
sentatives were intent on seeing still more of the sights of Boston. 

With the promptness characteristic of the true soldier the gavel 
of General John C. Black fell at the allotted time, and prayer was 
offered by the Chaplain-in-Chief, the Rev. Winfield Scott of Scotts- 
dale, Arizona. The Committee on Credentials reported that the 
whole number of those entitled to vote in the Encampment was 
1,477. From the indications, though Boston is a long ways from 
some of the places represented, it would appear that a large part of 
those having the privilege were present at the opening. 

Before General Black commenced the reading of his address he 
invited to seats on the platform Generals O. O. Howard, P. J. Oster- 
haus and Grenville M. Dodge. Also the same invitation was ex- 
tended to all Past Commanders-in-Chief of the Grand Army. Gen- 
eral Henry B. Carrington of Hyde Park, Mass., the only surviving 
officer of the Regular Army who had attained the rank of colonel at 
the breaking out of the war, was introduced to the Encampment. 

The address of the Commander-in-Chief, touching on the themes 
usually heard from on such occasions, was replete with the eloquence 
and fire for which the speaker has long enjoyed a wide reputation. 
As the Official Proceedings of the Encampment form a volume much 
larger than this, there is no attempt to give here any more than a 
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their respective reports, whose reading absorbed a large portion of 
tlie morning. 

Perhaps as interesting a feature of the session as any was the 
report of Comrade Eli W. Hall of Lynn in behalf of the Committee 
appointed to invite President Roosevelt to be present. The letters 
of the President to Generals Blackmar and Howard are printed in 
full in the official record and, however much enthusiasm their 
presentation caused, there were not wanting hearers who remarked 
that a little more presence and less literature would be more agree- 
able to the "boys in blue." 

The day was a good one for the presentation of gavels, for at an 
opportune moment Lucius Field, Department Commander, Massa- 
chusetts, came forward with a beautiful implement composed of 
historic woods, and in fitting words turned it over to the care and 
keeping of General Black. The gavel had been on exhibition in the 
corridor before the assembling, and there attracted a deal of atten- 
tion lying in a receptacle made from wood of Faneuil Hall, the same 
having recently undergone repairs. The whole affair was the work 
of Reuben L. Reed of South Acton, a workman noted for tokens of 
this kind. There were in the trimmings of the box no less than 
sixty noteworthy pieces of wood, gathered from ships famous in the 
war and from historic spots in the vicinity of Boston. In the gavel 
itself are thirteen specimens of wood gathered from battlefields of 
the RebeUion. The second gavel came from Past National Chaplain 
T. H. Haggerty of Missouri, also made from thirteen bits of war- 
wood personally gathered by him, including pieces from Wilson 
Creek where General Lyon fell, from the place where Grant received 
one of his commissions, where Lincoln and Sherman had resided and 
from Appomattox. This significant object the Chaplain presented 
in person. With such patriotic implements General Black had no 
difficulty in preserving proper order throughout the Encampment. 

There were other presentations, as when Chief of Staff Charles 
H. McConnell of Chicago gave General Black a magnificent diamond 
studded Past Commander-in-Chief's badge, doing his part in pleasant 
rhymes under the title, "Our Bayard." In the same connection. 
Chief McConnell presented to Mrs. Black, who was at her husband's 
side on the platform, a beautifully engrossed poem, framed in gold 
and packed ready for transportation. When the lady accepted the 
gift the "boys" cheered heartily and heard her appreciative words 
with delight, she proclaiming herself a daughter of the old Bay 
State and as having seen, at the age of twelve, the Massachusetts 
Sixth when it was receiving from Governor Andrew the colors soon 



110 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

to receive their baptism of fire in the streets of Baltimore. General 
Black also feelingly spoke in receiving the badge, so admirably given. 
In the same hour Past National Commander T. J. Stewart was made 
the recipient of an elegant tea service in silver, the same having been 
voted him at the San Francisco Encampment. The giving by Com- 
rade Sample and the receiving by General Stewart were alike eloquent 
and fitting. 

During the forenoon, Mrs. Lue Stuart Wadsworth, who had been 
the mainspring of the Living Flag presentation, was introduced to 
the Encampment and was enthusiastically received. Mrs. Dorcas H. 
Lyman, Past President of the Department of Massachusetts, W.R.C., 
was also presented. She came to say that the corps had prepared a 
lunch for 1,200 people and invited all present to partake of the same, 
when the time of recess should arrive. The reception accorded 
General 0. 0. Howard was worthy the name and fame of that sturdy 
veteran. Every man in the house rose to his feet and cheered his 
best when Comrades Benj. F. Hawkes of Ohio and Robert M. Woods, 
Illinois Department Commander, were invited to the stage, for they 
were the sole survivors of the eight veterans who organized the 
original G.A.R. Post. The figure of Comrade Hawkes, with his mass 
of flowing white hair, made a picture not easily effaced from the 
memory of those beholding. 

The hardest worked committee at every Encampment is that on 
Resolutions, for to it are referred all the notions that have occurred 
to thinking comrades for a twelvemonth. Some are good, more are 
indifferent and some are positively bad. While the remainder of the 
delegates are listening to the rippling streams of eloquence as they 
flow from the platform, the Committee on Resolutions is listening to 
a designated reader as he goes through the stack of matter to the 
Committee consigned. Sometimes a second reader is necessary, so 
great is the number of fulminations from all parts of this great country. 
Fortunately for the time of the Encampment, few of the resolutions 
are ever read other than in Committee and the latter's report is 
almost always received. There were noteworthy items in the list 
submitted, as the proposition to hold in Washington, in 1905, a joint 
gathering of the "Blue" and the "Gray" in commemoration of the 
fortieth anniversary of Appomattox. While the plan had merit, 
it did not seem to the delegates that the scheme came from a source 
that would warrant the indorsement of the Encampment. 

The Grand Army does not live entirely in the past, as appeared 
in the words of the Commander-in-Chief on the subject of Immi- 
gration, he taking the patriotic attitude that the newcomer should 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. Ill 

be received hospitably and at once inducted into all that makes for 
the best grade of citizenship. 

The report of the Adjutant General showed a net loss during 
the year of 10,249 members, leaving the number belonging as 246,261. 

At the complimentary luncheon to delegates of the Grand Army 
in Symphony Hall fully 1,100 men were present, and, in addition to 
the substantial edibles provided, each delegate was presented with 
a cigar case containing a cigar. 

Mrs. Addie L. Perry, chairman of the Symphony Hall committee, 
was, with her fifty assistants, gowned in white. The tables were 
tastefully decorated. Music was furnished by an orchestra and the 
Denver band. 

After the midday lunch followed the afternoon session, in which 
many visiting delegations were received, as those of the Relief Corps, 
the Ladies of the G.A.R., Daughters of Veterans, etc. 

The second day's session was practically devoted to the election 
of officers, though there were reports from several committees, one of 
them indorsing the proposition that the battlefields around the city 
of Fredericksburg be secured for the purposes of a national Military 
Park. The probable was realized in the selecting of a Commander- 
in-Chief in that, while other candidates appeared, all disappeared in 
the disposition to elect W. W. Blackmar of Massachusetts to the 
position. His long and successful record in a variety of situations 
and his well-known devotion to the Grand Army sufficed to make 
him an easy winner, and his election was unanimous. The name of 
General Blackmar was eloquently and feelingly presented by that 
Bay State favorite, John E. Gilman, and when the General came for- 
ward to accept his office he received a greeting such as only old soldiers 
can give, and his well-chosen words of acceptance won the hearty good 
will of every veteran before him. 

After a spirited discussion, Denver was selected as the place for 
the Encampment of 1905. The matter of a memorial to the late Ben- 
jamin F. Stephenson, founder of the Grand Army of the Republic, 
was taken up and the project received increased impetus 
through the generous giving of 11,000 by the recently elected 
Commander-in-Chief, General Blackmar, and, under suspension 
of the rules, the matter was brought before the Encamp- 
ment for subscriptions with the result of over six thousand 
dollars added to the fund. The subject of Patriotism in 
the Public Schools received extended attention, indeed no other during 
the entire Encampment was considered at greater length. It is just 
possible that the Grand Army men in their devotion to this matter 



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in their later days may do the RepubUc as great a service as they 
rendered it in their younger Uves. 

The final act of the Encampment was the installing of the newly 
elected officers by General Louis Wagner of Philadelphia, the senior 
Past Commander-in-Chief. This duty he performed in the happiest 
and most impressive manner possible, and the official proceedings 
of the Encampment were at an end. 



WORK OF 
THE COMMITTEES 




EXECUTIVE (■( )MM ITTliE 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



IN a sense this entire volume is a report of the Executive Com- 
mittee, but a bi'ief summary of the direct work accompUshed by 
the same is not amiss at this point. The very first meeting of the 

original appointees of Commander Blackmar, in 1903, was held 
February 28, shortly after the close of the Encampment for that year, 
and fourteen in all were held in 1903. After the beginning of 1904, 
as the time of the Encampment approached, meetings became more 
frequent till long and busy sessions were held weekly and, finally, 
during the week immediately preceding the 15th of August, there 
were daily sittings of the Committee. Following the Encampment 
there were several meetings, the aggregate for the year being forty- 
three. The last formal assembling of the Committee came Jan. 6, 
1905, thus making a total of fifty-eight meetings, — rather a remark- 
able record for men, busy in their own affairs, yet wiUingly contribut- 
ing their time and attention for the pleasure of the veterans of 
1861-65. 

However many sub-committees there might be, all of their work 
was regularly reported to the Executive Committee for approval and 
final action. The minutest details of every feature of the great gather- 
ing were fully discussed in the general assemblage. Aside from the 
general work of the Committee, outlined in this publication, it is 
interesting to note some of the special items in the extended book 
of records. When the Committee secured quarters in the Old South 
Building, it was necessary to acquire furnishings for the same, and 
these were found through the generous nature of certain friends of 
the Grand Army, so that Jan. 2, 1904, a vote of thanks is passed to 
Messrs. William White, 885, and Charles E. Osgood, 744 Washington 
Street, "for the patriotic spirit which prompted them to provide, free 
of expense, the desks, tables, carpets and other furniture needed to 
equip the rooms occupied bj^ the Committee." February 18 a similar 
vote is recorded in behalf of the Mosler Safe Company for the loan of 
a safe during the progress of the Committee's work. 

March 10, on receipt of a finely framed photograph of General 
W. W. Blackmar, from Elmer Chickering, to be hung in the rooms, 
thanks were voted to him for his generosity, and June 11 he was 



116 UXOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

indorsed as official photographer. The meeting of April 9 was made 
unusually interesting by the presence of Commander-in-Chief J. C. 
Black and members of his Official Staff. All of the visitors spoke 
appreciatively of the work already done by the Committee, and fore- 
telling a most successful Encampment in August. After the meeting 
General Black, his Quartermaster General, Charles Burrows, his Chief 
of Staff, McConnell, with General Blackmar, called on Ex-Governor 
Long and Governor John L. Bates; thence, under the direction of 
Comrade StiUings, the party took the trip to Concord and Lexington. 
In the evening the National visitors were accorded a reception and 
dinner at Young's Hotel by the members of General Black's Staff 
resident in Massachusetts, assisted by past members of the National 
Staff. The evening was a memorable one in the annals of the Grand 
Army of Boston. 

At the meeting of April 23 resolutions of sympathy were voted 
in behalf of Comrade George W. Creasey, Chairman of the Committee 
on Liformation, who had suffered a stroke of paralysis. He was present 
the preceding week, i.e. on the 16th, but is now quite helpless. He 
did not meet his Committee again nor did he serve in any way; the 
duties that would naturally fall to him were assumed by Vice-Chair- 
man Charles D. Nash. 

The meeting of July 2 was held on the steamer "Old Colony," on 
its way to Plymouth, the Committee having been invited to spend the 
day thus by their generous co-worker. General W. W. Blackmar. On 
arriving in the ancient town, dinner was served at the Samoset House, 
where they had as guests, in addition to several Massachusetts gentle- 
men, Past Commander-in-Chief Robert B. Beath of Pennsylvania and 
General John C. Linehan of New Hampshire. A visit to all the points 
of interest in historic Plymouth served to make the day a red-letter 
one in the records of the Committee and a delightful tribute to the 
good will and thoughtfulness of the provider. 

So many helping hands had been extended to the Committee and 
so many thanks were due the kind people who had given of their time 
and talents, a special committee was appointed to designate who should 
be thus remembered. The members of said committee were Comrades 
W. W. Blackmar, E. H. Haskell, S. A. Barton, J. E. Oilman and 
W. A. Wetherbee. Through its chairman, General Blackmar, a report 
was submitted, Nov. 30, 1904, to the following effect: 

That to Mr. Witham of the Boston Journal we tender a cash testi- 
monial of $25.00; 

To James Mulcahy, Inspector of Buildings, a Representative badge; 



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To Mrs. Lue Stuart Wadsworth some suitable testimonial to be 
selected, not to exceed $25.00 in value; 

To Mrs. Lydia P. Hall, a testimonial to be selected at a cost not to 
exceed $10.00; 

To Mrs. Dorcas Lyman a cash testimonial of $25.00; 

To Mrs. Lizabeth A. Turner, as a consideration for extra services 
renderetl as clerk of the Accommodation Committee, on the recom- 
mendation of the Chairman of that Committee, $100.00; 

To Mrs. Mary L. Oilman, Chairman of the Executive Committee, 
W.R.C., a suitable testimonial, not to exceed in cost $10.00. 

The Secretary was instructed to forward cash testimonials by 
check and to express to each recipient the deep appreciation of the 
Committee for services rendered. Comrade John E. Oilman was 
appointed a Committee of one to select the testimonials, other than 
those of cash. 

It was further voted that Representative badges be given as 
follows: To Colonel Chas. K. Darling who commanded Camp "Jack" 
Adams, to William White, Charles E. Osgood, Elliott C. Lee, Dr. 
Horace E. Marion and William Doogue, Superintendent of Public 
Grounds, and that three additional badges be given to Colonel 
Darling to be distributed among his associates at his discretion, 

January 6, Secretary S. A. Barton read his final report, and it 
was voted that the same should be spread upon the records as a sum- 
mary of its proceedings. The report follows in full : 

DwiGHT O. JUDD, 

Chairman National Encampment 1904, and Comrades of the Execu- 
tive Committee: 

As Secretary of the Executive Committee, I desire to make a 
brief report which may be extended upon the records. 

It is not necessary or possible to go into the details, which cov- 
ered the writing of thousands of letters and the issuing of hundreds 
of bulletins and circulars, but the Secretary wishes to improve this 
opportunity by saying that he feels under great obligations to all the 
members of the Executive Committee for their kindness and courtesy 
during his arduous term of service, and herewith expresses his pro- 
found appreciation for all the courtesy and consideration received. 

The Secretary fully appreciated the honor conferred upon him 
by his selection for this position, and was fully sensible of his per- 
sonal responsibility. He felt the importance of having a full knowl- 
edge of all the details of each committee work, that in the end they 
should all dovetail together in such a manner that the final resuU 



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should reflect credit upon the Committee, the city of Boston, and the 
state of Massachusetts. It is left to the historian who is editing the 
final report to lay before those who are interested the important facts. 

The greatest credit is due the Committee appointed by the De- 
partment Encampment for 1903 for having carried out, from its 
inception to final completion, the greatest Encampment ever held in 
the history of the Grand Army of the Republic. We have reason to 
be particularly proud of the fact that it is the only Encampment 
ever held where a committee appointed by the Grand Army took up 
and carried on the work, secured the funds and managed all the de- 
tails, without a large citizens' committee taking the initiative, which 
has been the custom heretofore pursued, and which has usually left 
the Department holding the Encampment an auxiliary instead of 
the guiding head. For this fact the Executive Committee of 1904 
has just cause for felicitations. The knowledge that it was the great- 
est Encampment ever held has been widely diffused, and this Depart- 
ment can rest on its laurels, as having produced the most interesting 
and unique line of entertainment ever tendered comrades on such an 
occasion, and can challenge competition in the future history of our 
order without fear of being excelled. 

The work is now finished, excepting the editing of the souvenir 
report. All books, papers and reports of committees left in the hands 
of the Secretary at the close of the Encampment have been turned 
over to the comrade elected by the Souvenir Committee to edit the 
final report, Asst. Adjt.-Gen. Edward P. Preble. 

The Secretary kept books of account showing total receipts and 
disbursements, by whom incurred, and a voucher system of payment. 
He approved all bills, covering the entire amount expended, 
S85,345.02, which passed through his hands. He kept an accurate 
record of the same, showing expenditures in detail, debiting to the 
committee or individual who incurred the obligation, and is pleased 
to report complete liquidation of all bills authorized within two weeks 
of the close of the Encampment, leaving available for editing and 
distributing the souvenir the sum of $1,743.10. I beg leave to in- 
corporate herewith a copy of the report of the Auditing Committee : 



Headquarters Department op Massachusetts, 
Grand Army of the Republic, 
State House, Boston, July 20, 1905. 
The Auditing Committee would report that they have carefully 
examined and approved all bills incurred by the various committees after 
they had been authorized by the Executive Committee, have audited the 



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receipts and disbursements and compared the balance as shown by the 
books of the Secretary with the statement of the Treasurer, and find all 
accounts correct to March 20, 1905. 

They commend the system of keeping the accounts inaugurated by 
the Secretary as one thoroughly adapted to the business of the Encamp- 
ment. 

(Signed) Elisha T. Harvell, Chmrman, 

Charles D. Nash, 
Edward P. Preble, 

Auditing Committee. 

The Secretary would recommend for the consideration of the 
Committee that they place the balance of the funds in the hands of 
the Souvenir Committee, with authority to adopt such measures as 
may be necessary to place at the command of the editor the funds 
now in the hands of the Treasurer, so that he may be able to defray 
the expenses connected with his work, which would remove the neces- 
sity of this Committee holding any further meetings. 

Silas A. Barton, Secretary. 



The existence of the Committee was not without its successive 
touches of nature, for April 30 there were passed resolutions of con- 
dolence and sympathy over the death of Comrade William H. Kitching 
of Post 26, Roxbury, a member of the Committee on Horses and 
Carriages. He died April 25, 1904. 

July 8, similar action was taken on account of the final muster 
out of Past Department Commander William H. Bartlett of Worcester, 
he having died July 5. Large representations of the Committee and 
Department officers were present at the funeral in Worcester on the 7th. 

Though he did not die while the Committee was most active, yet 
Past Department Commander Joseph W. Thayer passed on within 
the year following the Encampment. His death came July 22, 1905, 
not unlooked for, since he had been failing many months. Had he 
lived to the 31st he would have been sixty-one years old. One of the 
best of soldiers, having served in the 12th Mass. Infantry, he came 
home from the hospital a victim of all that makes war terrible. A 
member of Theodore Winthrop Post, Chelsea, he enjoyed the un- 
swerving friendship of every comrade. As Chairman of the Committee 
on Faneuil Hall Entertainment he did his duty well. 

While Past Department Commander Dwight O. Judd survived 
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he was during all the months of its activity its presiding officer, and 
whose face looks out from the centre of the Committee group, makes 
it meet that some words concerning his useful life should be printed 
here. The face around which others of the Committee radiate is a 
good likeness of the generous-souled comrade who was ever ready to do 
anything in his power for a friend. Of long New England lineage, 
he was born in Ohio, but in his early days was brought to the Bay 
State, the home of his ancestors, and here, except as the war called 
him away, was the abode of his subsequent years. His father lived 
to be an exceedingly aged man and passed on while the meetings of 
the Committee were in progress during the spring of 1904. The 
privations and rigors of army life forbade to the son the length of 
days given to the father. 

As a soldier in the 10th Massachusetts Regiment, he was the 
youngest member of his company, but it is safe to state that no braver 
nor more serviceable man was in the ranks of this stanch western 
Massachusetts organization. Bearing on his person marks of the 
perils through which he had passed, he was the most modest of men 
in regard to the dangers encountered. Whether as an employee of the 
Government in the postal service, as a member of the State Legis- 
lature, or a reputable man of business, there was no time nor place 
in which he was not found to be the soul of honor, ready and reliable 
in all the concerns of life and ever the devoted friend and neighbor. 

His was the voice heard in the San Francisco Encampment in- 
viting the next gathering to Boston, and no one thereafter traveled 
so many miles as did this Holyoke resident, down from the western 
part of the Commonwealth, to the almost continuous meetings of the 
hard -worked Executive Committee. Repeatedly ill, the premonitions 
of the disease which finally proved his undoing, he strove against 
every besetment to the end, always presenting a smiling face and a 
hearty hand-shake, though the poor body might be tortured with 
pain. Even to a very few days before his removal to the hospital, 
there to submit his person to the surgeon's knife, he would not admit 
that he felt other than well. But in the face of insidious disease the 
strongest system must give way, and, though for a few days he sur- 
vived the work of the surgeons, he had not strength to rally, and so 
passed on, Nov. 24, 1906, to that other land where we are told there 
is neither pain nor sorrow. 

It was a representative assembly that gathered at the Holyoke 
home of the late Commander, November 27, and hands of his comrades 
bore his body to the grave, all testifying to his sterling qualities of 
head and heart and all glad that they had possessed his acquaintance 



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in earlier and the later years. A brave and loyal soldier, a devoted 
son, husband and father, a true friend and comrade, no one had a 
keener sense of dutv and no one succeeded better in doing it. 



GENERAL COMMITTEE. 

A CAREFUL reading of the names found in the General Com- 
mittee discloses some of the most conspicuous in the Common- 
wealth, and indicates the estimate which Massachusetts puts 
upon the veterans of the War of the Rebellion. An enterprise which 
could call into its councils the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor and At- 
torney General of the Commonwealth, both United States Senators, 
three ex-Governors, the Secretary of the National Navy, the Chap- 
lain of the U.S. Senate, a former U.S. Minister to Italy, the Mayor of 
Boston, not to mention editors of metropolitan newspapers, distin- 
guished clergymen, state and national officeholders and the most 
prominent business men of Boston and vicinity, could be no ordinary 
affair. While the burden of the work fell on a comparatively few 
shoulders, yet there was a disposition to assist in every direction that 
rendered the task far easier than it might otherwise have been. Neces- 
sarily the chairman of the Committee is the one looked to for initiative, 
hence the care manifest in placing in this responsible position those 
known to be active, interested and persistent. A careful reading of 
Secretary Barton's closing statement to the Executive Committee 
will show that, as a Committee, this was for a contingency only. As 
a Committee it was not called upon. 

Ex-Governor John D. Long, who appeared at the head of the 
General Committee, had held a similar position in 1890, and the De- 
partment was fortunate in being able to utilize his valuable services 
for a second time. As Chairman of the Committee on Accommodations, 
the name of J. E. Gilman is found, a comrade known and respected 
throughout the Department ; the Auditing Committee had but three 
names, those of the Quartermaster of the Department, the Assistant 
Adjutant General and the superintendent of the Soldiers' Home in 
Chelsea, all admirably well equipped for their task. Silas A. Barton, 
a veteran in a double sense, headed the Committee on Badges; W. A. 
AVetherbee, another Past Department Commander and a man of tire- 
less energy, supervised the matter of decorations; Charles H. Baker 
of Lynn, recognized as an indefatigable worker, was Chairman of the 
Entertainment Committee; Joseph W. Thayer of Chelsea, since gone 
to his long home, with his Committee looked after the Faneuil Hall 



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program: the Finance Committee, the most important in the entire 
number, had one hundred members and as Chairman followed E. H. 
Haskell who, in the gathering of 1890, showed of what metal he was 
composed and what he could make the public do; Peter D. Smith of 
Andover, as Chairman of the Grand Stands Committee, has an oppor- 
tunity to put in force his well-known energy; the chairmanship of 
Committee on Horses and Carriages, in other words. Conveyance, was 
assigned to Allison M. Stickney of Medford, also a tireless worker; 
George W. Creasey of the Soldiers' Home is assigned to the Committee 
having in charge the imparting of information, and who could perform 
its duties better? Another Past Department Commander, Eli W. Hall 
of Lynn, was at the head of the Committee on Invitations, and he is not 
the man to neglect a single item of its duties ; Medical Aid and Public 
Comfort, two essentials, were assigned to the care of the Committee 
whose Chairman was Charles S. Clerke of Boston, one of the youngest 
men in the whole G.A.R. membership ; as Chairman of the Committee 
on Music who could be found for the place better adapted to it than 
WilUam M. Olin, the accomplished Secretary of the Commonwealth. 
Parade, another of the important items, was looked after by the Com- 
mittee whose Chairman is Colonel Cranmore N. Wallace of Boston, who 
knows his duty well. With singular fitness, the Press Committee was 
made up of men who, in the main, have to do with newspaper work and, 
though General A. B. R. Sprague of Worcester was not of their guild, he 
was a man inured to all that makes success. The Printing Committee 
had only three members, with Charles D. Nash of Chelsea, Chairman, 
but Barton and Gilman readily made up for any lack of numbers. 
\\'hen it came to heading the Reception Committee who so fit as 
General W. W. Blackmar, soon to be in command of the National En- 
campment and, all too soon, to pass on to a higher sphere? With as- 
sistants, including leading people in city and state, the Committee 
could not help being noteworthy; just to think of any committee 
which should embrace the three leading railroad presidents in New 
England. J. Payson Bradley, later to command the Department and 
a vigorous worker at all times, directed the course of the Committee 
on Reunions; and finally, Transportation, certainly the second in 
importance in all the Encampment machinery, was headed by George 
H. Innis of Boston, a veteran well versed in all that pertains to the 
"how to get there" problem. 

While forces in Boston were thus at work making ready for the 
crowning event of 1904, it was necessary to keep in touch with the 
National Headquarters, which for the year were established in Chicago, 
the home of General John C. Black, Commander-in-Chief of the Grand 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 123 

Arm^^ Of course, Chicago had nothing to do with working out the 
details of the reception and entertainment of the multitude of visitors, 
already making preparations for the excursion; there are a thousand 
and one things that the Headquarters must know as to when, where 
and how, hence the sensible increase in Uncle Sam's mail-carrying 
business between the Hub and the iVIid-ocean City. 

The treasury is one of the most essential features of any great 
enterprise, and while the Committee is rich in expectations, these do 
not pay present expenses. It is expected that state and city will 
contribute handsomely to the necessary outlay and that the citizens 
will repeat their generous action of 1890, but, to meet immediate wants, 
loans must be negotiated. To cover these necessities, the Chairman 
of the Finance Committee advanced funds, and the First National 
Bank of Boston was ready with a larger sum to tide the Committee 
over all difficulties, reimbursement to follow from expected resources. 

Of many a distinguished individual it has been said that he was 
a good man, but he could not keep a hotel. Those having in charge 
the Encampment of 1904 early determined that no such remark 
should apply to them, and the Committee on Accommodations got 
to work before the close of the year 1903 and mapped out its work 
so thoroughly that there was scarcely anything left to be desired when 
the Encampment came. The care and entertainment of visitors by 
the thousand was the problem submitted to this Committee, and how 
well it was solved has been recited in Grand Army circles from ocean 
to ocean and from Maine to Texas. While the immense edifice may 
have been a queer substitute for a field of tents, it certainly was spacious, 
its sanitary appointments all that could be asked for, disagreeable 
weather was all alike with sunshine, and to men whose marching and 
actual camping days were forty years behind them this provision for 
their comfort and convenience was almost ideal. 

\Vhile some might think that Boston would need no advertisement, 
that the name and the possibility of a reception there would attract 
a host, experience has taught the adviseableness of thorough and sys- 
tematic advertising. The Hub of the Universe is never satisfied with 
any ordinary success. When the Christian Endeavor Union of the 
World assembled here in 1895, by general consent the result eclipsed 
all former assemblies. Again, when the National Educational As- 
sociation came in 1903, there was such an overflow of schoolma'ams 
and masters that even the Athens of America, for the nonce, was lost 
in wonder. Not the few thousands who were wont to gather for such 
occasions, but they came, in these instances, by the hundreds of 
thousands; and while in 1890 it was repeatedly said, "This is the last 



124 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

great gathering of the veterans of 1861-65," the Grand Army men of 
Massachusetts beUeved otherwise, and how just their judgment the 
sequel amply showed. If there was a Post of the G.A.R., however 
small or remote, that was not informed of the preparations making 
down by Boston Harbor and of the welcome awaiting every old com- 
rade, then it was an unavoidable oversight of the busy workers in 
Room 347, Old South Building, Boston. 

That the public at home might know what was pending and what 
was expected, the constant reference to the subject by the press of 
the city was supplemented by the following, which was most exten- 
sively circulated : 

Boston, March 25, 1904. 

The Grand Army of the Republic, the greatest veteran association in 
the world, representing every state in the Union, will meet in the City of 
Boston in August next, at the annual session of its National Encamp- 
ment. This congress of the Order comprises about fovu-teen hundred 
representatives from its forty-five different Departments. Its member- 
ship is now a little more than a quarter of a million, and its ranks include 
not only soldiers from all the armies of the Union, but sailors from all 
the fleets. Its fundamental law specifically excludes politics. It seeks 
only to perpetuate the patriotic memories of the great struggle to pre- 
serve the Union, to cement more closely ties of comradeship born of 
camp and battle, to care for the widows and orphans of those who died 
in defense of the flag, and to lessen the burdens and sweeten the life of 
him who did and dared that the nation might hve. 

This organization comes to Boston by in\'itation of the Department 
of Massachusetts, G.A.R., heartily seconded by the Governor of the 
Commonwealth and the Mayor of the City. Its members will bring -with. 
them many thousands, — wives, children and friends. The indications 
from every section of the country are that, notwithstanding the decima- 
tion of the ranks of the Grand Army since the Encampment held here in 
1890, the interest of the old soldiers is so great and the attractions of 
Boston hospitality are so tempting, the attendance is likely to be fully 
equal to that fourteen years ago. 

The veterans of Boston will do all in their power to entertain their 
visiting comrades, but funds must be raised for entertainments of a 
public character; especially must we provide accommodations for visiting 
organizations. There will be a magnificent camp-fire in Mechanics Hall, 
excursions to historical points, and decorations and illuminations. For 
these purposes an appeal is made to the generosity of the people, which 
has never yet failed and we are sure never will. 

The work of preparation has been placed in the hands of a large 
Committee comprising many of our most prominent and pubUc-spirited 
citizens. Headquarters have been estabhshed in the Old South Building, 
Room 347, where everybody desiring full and detailed information will 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 125 

be gladly received. This Committee anticipate with confidence a most 
liberal response to their call, feeling that the hearts of our people will be 
stirred !)y this last opportunity to see a parade of the Grand Army of the 
Republic in our city. 

In behalf of the Committee, 

Hon. John D. Long, President, 
Hon. John W. Weeks, Treasurer, 
DwiGHT O. JuDD, Chairman, General Committee. 

Silas A. Barton, Secretary, 

Executive Committee. 



FINANCE COMMITTEE. 

ONE of the most important committees of the Encampment was 
that on finance, to whom was intrusted the great responsibility 
of securing the necessary funds to properly provide for all of 
the important requirements of this great gathering of the Grand 
Army of the Republic. 

Inasmuch as the financial success of the Encampment of 1890 
was specially noteworthy, not onlj'- for the large amount which was 
raised, as a result of the commendable management of its Finance 
Committee and also in its effective and satisfactory disbursements, it 
was felt that, if possible, the services of Col. Edward H. Haskell, 
who had organized the campaign of 1890, should be again secured 
as Chairman, and to the gratification of his comrades and the citizens 
of Boston he was induced to accept this position. 

This Committee was composed of many of our most eminent 
citizens Avho are noted for their public spirit and financial standing, 
and who were all interested in contributing to the success of this 
Encampment. 

Immediately following the announcement of the General Com- 
mittee, the Finance Committee issued the following appeal to our 
citizens : 

Boston, April 9, 1904. 
To the Citizens of Massachusetts: 

In response to a most cordial invitation from the veterans of Massa- 
chusetts, warmly seconded by our state and city officials, the Grand Army 
of the Republic have again honored tliis city as the gathering place for 
the coming National Encampment, August 15 to 20. 

This great gathering of the veterans of our country, led by a few 
survivors of their great captains, who achieved the highest distinction 
and the lasting gratitude of their countrymen, promises to be a most 
eventful occasion in the history of our city, and especially because it is 



126 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

probable it will be the last parade here of that noble army who passed 
in grand and memorable re\aew before Grant and Sherman and Sheridan 
at the close of the Civil War. 

To a state and city whose reputation became historic through all 
the dark and trying scenes of the war, by the quick, responsive loyalty 
of our people, and by the generous outpouring of our treasure, such an 
event as this will appeal at once to our citizens as an opportunity for 
grateful recognition of the services of the Grand Army. 

To carry out this celebration with a dignity commensurate with its 
national importance, and in keeping with the reputation of our city for 
hospitahty and public spirit, will necessitate a large expense. The Com- 
mittee, therefore, appeal to all of our citizens to contribute, in as gener- 
ous a manner as possible, toward securing a guarantee fimd of at least 
$50,000.00 to meet any deficit not covered by the state and city appro- 
priations. 

All such subscriptions, or gifts, will be gratefully appreciated and 
acknowledged through the press, and may be sent to the chairman, 
Finance Committee, at above address. 

In behalf of the Finance Committee, 

Edw. H. Haskell, 

Chairvian. 

The prompt and generous response to this appeal by our citizens 
was very gratifying, as will appear in the appended list of contribu- 
tions to the guarantee fund and also that for gifts. Only half of the 
1890 amount was asked for, and the sum contributed came nearer 
the mark than did the result in the former instance. Then 277 
difTerent givers made an aggregate of 144,565 to the guarantee fund 
and 186 donors gave $13,762 to the gift fund. Then the largest gifts 
were $3,000 each from two great railroads. In 1904, since the 
amount called for was only one-half, contributors reduced their con- 
tributions, but the sums realized, in each instance, were sufficient. 
As in the former year, the railroads came early to the front with one 
thousand dollars each, a sum equaled only by three other parties, 
viz., W. W. Blackmar, C. H. Hovey & Co. and Jordan, Marsh & Co. 
But whether the giving was in large sums or small, it was generous 
and creditable. There w^as no importuning necessary, but a knowl- 
edge of the fact that funds were essential to the adequate reception 
of the guests of the Bay State was enough to promote appreciative 
Boston to reach down deep into its pocket and thence to produce 
the needful. The Grand Army, not alone of Massachusetts but of 
the nation, was, is and ever will be grateful. For Treasurer of the 
great enterprise the Hon. John W. Weeks was secured, and for his 
generous contributions of time and energy the Grand Army renders 
thanks. 



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127 



Names of Subscribers to the Guarantee Fund. 



& 



The Boston Globe 
The Boston Herald 
The Allen-Lane Com 

pany 

Brown, Durrell & Co. 
Henry E. Cobb . . . 
Wilmon W. Blackmar 
Parker, Wilder & Co. 
Harding, Whitman 

Co 

Hotel Thorndike . . 
Rhodes & Ripley Co. 
Chandler, Farquhar Co 
Cobb, Bates & Yerxa Co 
F. A. Foster & Co. 
S. S. Pierce Co. . . 
Carter, Rice & Co. 
Elwyn G. Preston . 
Chase & Sanborn . 
Sherman L. Whipple 
Charles B. Amory . 
Massachusetts Breweries 

Co 

Blake & Stearns . . 
L. C. Chase & Co. . . 
William Read & Sons 
Hotel Vendome . . 
Eben S. Draper . . 
Torrey, Bright & Capen 
Smith, Sherman & Co. 
J. R. Whipple & Co. 
North Packing & Pro 

^^sion Co. . . . 
A. A. Pope .... 
R. H. Stearns & Co. 
Paine Furniture Co. 
Thomas W. Lawson 
Frederick G. King 
United Shoe Machinery 

Co 

William F. Draper 
C. E. Osgood . . . 
A. W. Pope & Co. 
Bigelow & Dowse Co 
Samuel Ward Co. . 
W. Murray Crane . 



$500.00 


Clark, Hutchinson Co. . 


$100.00 


.500.00 


George A. Draper . . . 


100.00 




C. F. Hovey & Co. . . 


1,000.00 


100.00 


The Boston Transcript . 


500.00 


100.00 


Nantasket Beach Steam- 




100.00 


boat Co 


500.00 


1,000.00 


Henry F. Miller & Sons 




100.00 


Piano Co 


100.00 




Edward L. Pickard 


150.00 


250.00 


Henry W. Peabody & 




100.00 


Co 


100.00 


100.00 


Chandler & Co 


100.00 


10.00 


White Sewing Machine 




100.00 


Co 


20.00 


100.00 


Mellen Bray 


100.00 


500.00 


G. W. Bent & Co. . . . 


25.00 


100.00 


Jones, McDuffee & 




25.00 


Stratton 


100.00 


100.00 


Thomas Talbot .... 


100.00 


50.00 


Spencer W. Richard.son. 


100.00 


100.00 


Martin L. Hall & Co. . 


100.00 




Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 


100.00 


100.00 


Oliver Ditson Co. . . . 


500.00 


100.00 


H. L. Higginson . . . 


250.00 


50.00 


John W. Weeks . . . 


250.00 


50.00 


Jordan, Mar.sh & Co.. . 


1 ,000.00 


500.00 


Boston Post 


250.00 


250.00 


C. B. Fillebrown . . . 


25.00 


100.00 


Batchelder & Lincoln . 


50.00 


100.00 


A. Shuman & Co. . . . 


500.00 


500.00 


Leopold Morse & Co. . 


200.00 




John 0. Smith .... 


100.00 


100.00 


Myers & Andrews . . . 


100.00 


100.00 


Hodgdon, Andrews & 




200.00 


Merry 


100.00 


500.00 


E. R. Smith & Co. . . 


100.00 


250.00 


Davis, Payson & Co. . . 


100.00 


50.00 


Thompson & Snow Co. . 


100.00 




Miner & Beal 


100.00 


300.00 


J. Peavy & Co 


100.00 


250.00 


S. W. Loomis & Co. . . 


100.00 


100.00 


I. Kein <fe Co 


100.00 


100.00 


Lovett, Hart & Phipps 




25.00 


Co 


100.00 


25.00 


William Bloom & Co. . 


100.00 


500.00 1 


Morse Bros & Ehrlich . 


100.00 



128 



UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIETY-EIGHTH 



Hawley, P'olsom & Ron- 

imus 

Clement, Soule & Co. 
Simons, Hatch & Whit 

ten Co 

Talbot Co 

Wellman, HaU & Co. 
Kehew, Bradley & Co. 
J. A. & W. Bird & Co. 
Revere House . . . 
Carpenter-Morton Co. 
S. M. Howes Co. . . 
C. H. Graves & Sons. 
F. E. Atteaux & Co. 
Tower, Giddings & Co 
W. D. Doris & Co. . 
Hotel Haymarket . . 

Waldo Bros 

Eastern Drug Co. . . 
John H. Pray & Sons 
N. E. Dressed Meat 

Wool Co. . . . 
Ralph P. Hoagland 

Drug Co. . . . 
Metropolitan Coal Co. 
Haskell, Adams & Co 
Swain, Earle & Co. . 
Briggs, Seaver Co. 
Wellington-Wild Coal 

Co 

Roessle Brewery . . 
N.Y., N.H. & H. R.R. 
Walworth Mfg. Co. . 
Walworth Construction 

& Supply Co. . 
R. H. Lufkin . . . 
B. F. Sturtevant Co. 
Shepard, Nor well & Co 
B. & M. R.R. . . 
Webster Thomas Co. 
Boston Molasses Co. 
Delano, Potter & Co. 
S. Herbert Howe . 
Chas. H. Moulton & Co 
Sands & Leckie . . 
N. W. Rice . . . 



$100.00 
100.00 

100.00 

500.00 

100.00 

100.00 

50.00 

100.00 

50.00 

10.00 

100.00 

50.00 

100.00 

25.00 

10.00 

25.00 

100.00 

50.00 

25.00 

100.00 

100.00 

50.00 

25.00 

25.00 

50.00 

50.00 

1,000.00 

500.00 

200.00 

15.00 

100.00 

500.00 

1,000.00 

25.00 

25.00 

100.00 

100.00 

50.00 

50.00 

200.00 



S. P. Gates .... 
Boston Dry Goods Co. 
Farley, Harvey & Co. 
Blodgett, Ordway 

Webber .... 
Wilson Larrabee Co. 
Walker Stetson Co. . 
Langley Burr Co. . . 
H. A. Austin & Co. . 
Chas. W. Thomas Co. 

Friends 

N.Y. C. R.R 



Albert Greene Duncan 

John C. Paige & Co. . 

Field & Cowles . . . 

Geo. O. Carpenter & Son 

Obrion & Russell . 

S. T. Woodman 

JEtna Life Insurance Co 

Employers Liability Ins 
Co 

R. A. Boit 

Ebed L. Ripley . . . 

Faulkner, Page & Co. 

Thos. Kelley & Co. . 

Boston, Revere Beach 
& Lynn R.R. . . 

"A Friend" .... 

Parkinson & Burr . . 

Amory, Browne & Co 

A. S. Covel .... 

Joy, Langdon & Co. . 

CatUn & Co 

Jas. M. Prendergast . 

Amory A. Lawrence . 

Henry S. Grew . . . 

S. M. Weld .... 

Frye, Phipps & Co. . 

Dana Hardware Co. . 

Wm. Wliite .... 

Heywood Bros. & Wake- 
field Co 

Page & Baker . . . 

American School Furni 
ture Co 

Chas. L. Lovering . . 



$25.00 
100.00 
100.00 

100.00 

100.00 

100.00 

50.00 

25.00 

50.00 

100.00 

1,000.00 

10.00 

100.00 

100.00 

50.00 

50.00 

25.00 

25.00 

25.00 

25.00 

100.00 

100.00 

100.00 

250.00 

50.00 

100.00 

100.00 

100.00 

100.00 

100.00 

100.00 

100.00 

100.00 

100.00 

25.00 

25.00 

100.00 

100.00 
100.00 

100.00 
100.00 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 



129 



Frank W. Whitcher & 




Co 


$50.00 


Hotel Berkeley, John A 




Sherlock .... 


100.00 


Jeremiah Williams & Co 


100.00 


Brown & Adams . . 


100.00 


Hallowell, Donald & Co 


100.00 


Luce & Manning . . 


100.00 


Wliitman, Farnsworth tS 




Thayer .... 


100.00 


J. Koshland & Co. . . 


100.00 


John G. Wright . . 


100.00 


Hobbs, Taft & Co. . 


100.00 


Geo. F. Willett & Co. 


100.00 


Dupee & Hackett . . 


100.00 


Timothy Remick . . 


100.00 


Goodhue & Studley . 


100.00 


0. M. Purdy & Co. . 


100.00 


Hecht, Liebmann & Co 


100.00 


Dewey, Gould & Co. 


100.00 


Albert W. Smith & Co 


100.00 


Eisemann Bros. & Co. 


100.00 


Warren Soap Co. . . 


100.00 


Wilcock & Cordingley 


100.00 


FoUett Wool Co. . . 


100.00 


Mauger & Avery . . 


100.00 


Chas. F. Cross & Co. 


100.00 


Patterson & Co. . . 


100.00 


E. Frank Lewis . . . 


100.00 


Hayden, Stone & Co. 


250.00 


Paine, Webber & Co. 


100.00 


Kidder, Peabody & Co 


100.00 


N. W. Harris & Co. . 


100.00 


E. H. RoUins & Son . 


100.00 


Harvey Fisk & Son . 


100.00 


Geo. A. Fernald & Co. 


100.00 


Towle & Fitzgerald . 


100.00 


Armstrong, Schirmer & 




Co 


100.00 


Chas. Head & Co. . . 


100.00 


Francis Henshaw & Co 


50.00 


Arthur F. Estabrook 


100.00 


H. C. Whitcomb . . 


25.00 


S. D. Warren & Co. . 


100.00 


Hotel Essex .... 


100.00 


United States Hotel . . 


100.00 



Hotel Somerset . 




$100.00 


American House 




100.00 


Hotel Lexington 




100.00 


Hotel Lenox . . 




100.00 


Clark's Hotel . . 




50.00 


Hotel Nottingham 




25.00 


Wm. A. Bancroft 




250.00 


Castle Square Hotel . 


100.00 


A. Storrs & Bement Co 


100.00 


S. P. Train 


50.00 


W. H. Claflin Co. . . 


100.00 


L. M. Dyer & Co. . . 


50.00 


W. H. Prior .... 


50.00 


F. H. Hosmer & Co. 


50.00 


Swan, Newton & Co. 


50.00 


Benjamin Johnson 


25.00 


Cook, Vivian Co. . . 


100.00 


Boston & Northern R.R 


100.00 


The Thread Agency . 


100.00 


Geo. H. Page, Langhan 




Hotel 


50.00 


Patrick Doherty . . 


50.00 


Reuben Ring & Co. . 


50.00 


John Carter & Co. 


50.00 


Edw. H. Haskell . . 


100.00 


Hotel Westminster 


50.00 


American Sugar Refin 




ing Co 


500.00 


Johnson, Moody & Co. 


50.00 


Shoe & Leather Mcrcan 




tile Agency . . 


25.00 


Frank B. Holmes . . 


5.00 


W. H. McElwain Co. 


100.00 


Hathaway, Soule & Har 




rington .... 


50.00 


Leviseur & Conway . 


50.00 


Regal Shoe Company 


100.00 


Hosmer Codding & Co. 


25.00 


Rice & Hutchins . . 


100.00 


R. Marston & Co. . . 


100.00 


C. D. Brown & Co. . 


100.00 


Higgins, Snow Co. 


25.00 


Hotel Plaza 


25.00 


W. W. Jenks 


10.00 


Palmer, Parker & Co. 


50.00 


Stimpson & Co. . . 




25.00 



130 



UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY -EIGHTH 



Jas. A. Hayes & Co. 
Joseph Burnett Co. 
Nash, Spalding & Co 
R. H. White Co. . 
Willard N. Chamberlain 
H. W. Huguley Co. , 
Eklridge, Baker & Bain 
Oilman Brothers . . 
E. Atkins & Co. . . 
Charles Jenkins . . . 
Carter, Carter & Meigs 
Arnold Roberts Co. . 

E. C. Webb .... 
Locke Ober Co. . . . 
T. D. Cook Co. . . . 
Hotel Brunswick . . 

F. M. Crosby & Co. . 
Com. of Mass. Loyal 

Legion . . . 
Geo. H. Elhs . . . 
Adams, Cushing & 

Foster .... 
Hobbs & Warren Co. 
J. L. Fairbanks & Co 
Clapp & Tilton . . 



$25.00 
50.00 

500.00 

500.00 
50.00 

250.00 
25.00 
50.00 

100.00 
25.00 
75.00 

100.00 

5.00 

50.00 

50.00 

100.00 

100.00 

100.00 
50.00 

25.00 
25.00 
25.00 
50.00 



Stone & Forsyth . 
F. E. Reynolds . . 
Copley Sq. Hotel . 
Wm. P. Shreve . . 
Hearst's Boston Ameri- 



can 

Dwinell, Wright & Co. 
Nonotuck Silk Co. . 
Winch Brothers Co. . 
Rousmaniere, William 

Co 

Seelye Mfg. Co. . . . 
Estabrook, Anderson 

Co 

F. E. Jones & Co. . . 
W. F. Mayo & Co. . . 
H. W. Wadleigh & Co. 
Thomas G. Plant Co. 
H. H. Mawhinney Co. 
Linen Thread Co. . . 
T. J. Southwell . . . 
Chas. T. Gallagher . 

Total 



$100.00 

25.00 

100.00 

100.00 

500.00 
50.00 
25.00 

100.00 

25.00 
10.00 

50.00 

20.00 

25.00 

25.00 

100.00 

100.00 

100.00 

5.00 

83.33 

!7,313.30 



Names of Subscribers to the Gift F'und. 



Nantasket Beach Steam 


- 


Pfister & Vogel Lea. Co. 


$25.00 


boat Co 


$500.00 


Rueter & Co 


50.00 


Ginn & Co 


25.00 


A. J. Houghton Co. . . 


25.00 


Wright & Potter Print 




Geo. H. Leonard & Co. 


50.00 


ing Co 


25.00 


Jolm T. Boyd 


5.00 


William G. Bell Co. . 


10.00 


E. E. Call 


5.00 


.Arnold A. Rand. . . 


25.00 


Eastern S.S. Co. ... 


100.00 


New England House 


10.00 


Griffith-Stillings Press . 


10.00 


Abby M. Storer . . 


25.00 


J. J. Arakelyan .... 


10.00 


Mary G. Storer . . . 


25.00 


Hollingsworth & Whit- 




Brown, Durrell & Co. 


100.00 


ney Co 


100.00 


B. F. Keith .... 


100.00 


James A. Houston . . . 


100.00 


Frederick T. Widmer 


10.00 


E. Fleming & Co. . . . 


10.00 


Boston Journal . . . 


100.00 


Carter, Carter & Meigs. 


25.00 


Macullar, Parker & Co 


50.00 


Adams House 


100.00 


Walter Baker & Co. . 


100.00 


James H. Roberts . . 


10.00 


Burnett & Potter . . 


50.00 


Tubular Rivet & Steel 




Joseph Wild & Co. . 


5.00 


Co 


100.00 



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131 



Amos P. Tapley & Co. . 
Farnsvvorth, Hoyt & Co 
Avery Chemical Co. 
N. F. Thayer & Co. 
Ziegel, Eisman & Co. 
American Woolen Co 
Hotel Bellevue . . 
Sears Rich .... 
E. T. Harvell . . , 
Wm. A. Gaston . . 
Alfred Blanchard . 
Otto J. Piehler . . 
C. A. Campbell . . 
Chas. L. Pierson 
Brigham's Hotel . 
Geo. G. Crocker 
Spaulding & Tewksbury 
Francis Skinner 
W. W. Jenks . . . 
N.E. Tel. & Tel. Co. 
Thorp & Martin Co. 
Hanson & Parker . 
Crosby Steam Gage 

Valve Co. . . 
National Rockland 

Bank 

Henry Traiser & Co. 
J. Montgomery Sears 
Jas. B. Gardner . . 
Increase E. Noyes 

C. J. Paine 

John Fogg Twombley 
A. T. Crallev .... 



$50.00 

25.00 

25.00 

5.00 

25.00 

500.00 

50.00 

1.00 

50.00 

25.00 

5.00 

5.00 

25.00 

100.00 

25.00 

10.00 

10.00 

100.00 

5.00 

100.00 

25.00 

100.00 

100.00 

50.00 
50.00 

100.00 
10.00 
10.00 

100.00 

25.00 

3.00 



A. E. Pillsbury . . . 


$25.00 


Mr. & Mrs. B. H. Warner 100.00 


Elizabeth Cheney . . 


50.00 


Seymour A. Far well . 


2.00 


Stimpson & Co. . . . 


10.00 


C. E. Wadleigh . . . 


5.00 


Henry Cabot Lodge . 


25.00 


Frank E. White . . 


50.00 


J. Homer Pierce . . 


25.00 


Cochrane Chemical Co. 


100.00 


Jas. M. Gleason . . . 


25.00 


Geo. 0. Fogg .... 


10.00 


Eugene B. Hagar . . 


50.00 


Mr. & Mrs. W. V. Kellen 100.00 


J. A. Whitcomb, Balti 




more Dairy Lunch 100.00 


A. Stowell & Co. . . 


50.00 


A. F. Gallun & Sons 


10.00 


T. F. Wright .... 


5.00 


Baeder, Adamson & Co 


50.00 


Rufus Coffin .... 


5.00 


Felton & Son . . . . 


10.00 


H. A. Lamb .... 


50.00 


Geo. A. Hibbard . . 


10.00 


Lester Leland .... 


100.00 


Elizabeth S. Cheney . 


50.00 


HeN\ans & HoUis . . 


20.00 


F. B. Tupper .... 


5.00 


F. B. Harrington, M.D 


10.00 


N. E. Felt Roofing Co 


50.00 


C. P. Jaynes .... 


50.00 



Total $4,751.00 



Governor John L. Bates, in his inaugural address, among other 
suggestions, advised the voting by the Legislature of a sum of money 
to aid in the defraying of Encampment expenses. In due time this 
advice was acted upon and the following Resolve was passed and 
received the Executive signature, April 21, 1904: 

"Resolved, That for the purpose of uniting with the veterans of 
the late War of the Rebellion in the proper observance of the thirty- 
ninth anniversary of the restoration of peace to the country, and of 
assisting the (Jrand Army of the Republic in holding its National 
Encampment the present year in the City of Boston, and thereby 



132 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

enabling the Commonwealth to offer, in testimony of its appreciation 
of its services to the nation, a fitting hospitality to the veteran soldiers, 
there be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth 
a sum not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, to be expended under the 
direction of the Governor and Council in such manner as they shall 
deem proper. 

"Resolved, That the invitation given to the Commonwealth by the 
Executive Committee, charged with the arrangements for the Encamp- 
ment and reunion, to participate in the reception and entertainment 
of the veterans, be accepted; and that the following members of the 
state government and others represent the Commonwealth on the 
occasion: the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Executive 
Council, the Secretary of the Commonwealth, the Treasurer and 
Receiver General, the Auditor of the Commonwealth, the Attorney 
General, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives, the joint Committee on Military Affairs, a special 
committee of five members of the Senate and fifteen members of the 
House of Representatives, to be appointed by the presiding officers 
of the two branches, the clerks of the Senate and House of Representa- 
tives, the Sergeant-at-Arms, and the legislative reporters of the General 
Court." 

Nor was the City of Boston in the least niggardly in its recog- 
nition accorded to the approaching celebration, for the total of her 
appropriation to the purpose named was $25,000, the same being 
devoted to different objects as follows, viz.: to the Observation Stand 
at City Hall, with the use of chairs, printing and decorations, $2,111.03; 
to the Kearsarge Veterans, $1,000; to decorating City Hall, Faneuil 
Hall and the Old State House, $800; the remaining amount was 
turned over to the Grand Army. 

When the Encampment had become a matter of history and the 
final bills were brought together for payment, it was found necessary 
to issue a call of thirty per cent of subscriptions to the guarantee fund, 
which was accordingly done and with most satisfactory results. At 
the same meeting, whence came the above-named call, on motion of 
Mr. Samuel B. Capen and seconded by Colonel Ephraim Stearns, 
the following expression of thanks to Colonel E. H. Haskell, Chairman 
of the Committee, was voted : 

"For the third time, Boston has had the honor of having as its 
guests the Grand Army of the Republic. As our country increases 
in power and influence, we realize the greatness of the service that 
these brave men performed in preser\'ing the life of the nation in its 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 133 

hour of peril, and our affection for them increases as their ranks grow 
thinner. Never before has there been a similar gathering where such 
enthusiasm was shown by all our people, or greater love displayed. 
The state and city authorities did everything in their power to make 
the occasion one in which the veterans should have all possible honor 
bestowed upon them. 

"The labor of providing for such a gathering is known only to 
the few who have to care for the details, which involved plans made 
months in advance. While many contributed much in time and 
labor, we owe the unusual success of this Encampment above all 
others to our Chairman, Colonel Haskell. It is therefore 

"Resolved, By the members of the Finance Committee of this, 
the 38th National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, 
that we extend to Colonel Edward H. Haskell our gratitude for his 
untiring energy and for the splendid services he has performed in so 
many ways. The sacrifices he has made we assure him have been 
appreciated not only by those who have been nearest to him in the 
work, but by our citizens at large, and by the Grand Army for whose 
happiness he has done so much. 

"We congratulate him on the success of it all, and what he has 
wrought in this patriotic labor of love must be in all the future a 
pleasant memory. It was further voted, that the Finance Committee 
express to Secretary Silas A. Barton and to the other members of the 
Executive Committee their appreciation of the valuable aid con- 
tributed by them to the work of the Finance Committee in connection 
with this Encampment of 1904." 

In his final report as Chairman of the Finance Committee, Colonel 
Haskell gives the net receipts from all sources as $87,088.12. This 
sum includes the contributions from the state, City of Boston, thirty 
per cent of the guarantee contributions, gifts and interest on deposits. 
The entire outlay, for all purposes, amounted to $85,345.02, leaving a 
balance of $1,743.10, which sum was, by the unanimous vote of the 
Executive Committee, appropriated to the preparation and printing of 
a souvenir account of the Encampment. Colonel Haskell closes his 
report with the following words : 

"One of the most gratifying features of this Encampment of the 
G.A.R. is that, while it has been universally acknowledged, both by 
the veterans of the G.A.R. and by all who participated in its festivi- 
ties, that it was the greatest and most successful of all the Encamp- 
ments which have ever been held, the cost of the Encampment was 



134 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

less than that of 1890, which was also a memorable gathering and a 
great success, and very much less than the cost of several Encamp- 
ments which have been held during the past few years in other cities. 

"It is also a matter of great gratification to our citizens, and 
especially to those who helped to make this Encampment so eminently 
successful, that it has brought lasting fame and honor to our state 
and city, by the warmth of its greeting to the veterans of the Civil 
War and by the constant expressions, from all our people, of the 
esteem in which they held the members of the G.A.R. for their 
patriotic services to their countr}^" 

For the Finance Committee there was paid out 1740.04. 



T 



ACCOMMODATIONS. 

HE Committee was composed of the following named gentle- 
men, the Chairman having been appointed by the Executive 
Committee, and he selecting the other members. 



Chairmnn: John E. Oilman. 
Secretary: John E. Oilman, Jr. 

Comrades: Wm. M. OUn, Silas A. Barton, Wilfred A. Wetherbee, Charles 
E. Hapgood, J. Henry Brown, J. Payson Bradley, Joseph H. 
Smith, E. B. Stillings, James H. Wolff. 
Citizens: Michael P. Curran, Hugh Montague, Perlie A. Dyar, Charles E. 

Osgood, Edward Seaver, William White, William W. Da\ds. 
Sons of Veterans: Charles K. Darling, Fred E. Bolton, Orra L. Stone, 
John E. Oilman, Jr. 

Because of the many and varied duties devolving upon this 
Committee, it was decided that the members should be divided into 
sub-committees, each taking a designated division of the work to be 
done. The following sub-committees were accordingly formed : 

Encampment Hall: J. E. Oilman, Chairman, and S. A. Barton. 

Hotels: W. M. Olin, Chairman, E. Seaver and W. W. Davis. 

Halls for Reunions: J. P. Bradley, Chairman, W. A. Wetherbee and O. 

L. Stone. 
Camps and Free Quarters: J. H. Brown, Chairman, C. E. Hapgood, M. 

P. Curran, H. Montague, C. K. Darling and P. A. Dyar. 
Boarding and Lodging Houses: E. B. Stillings, Chairman, J. H. Smith, 

F. E. Bolton, J. H. Brown and J. H. Wolff. 
Supplies: C. E. Osgood, Chairman, W. White, O. L. Stone and J. E. 

Oilman, Jr. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 135 

The first meeting of the Committee was held at Cirand Army 
Headquarters, in the State House, on Dec. 4, 1903. 

After Jan. 1, 1904, when the Executive Committee secured 
headquarters in Rooms 346-348 in the Old South Building on Wash- 
ington Street, the Committee on Accommodations established its 
headquarters there, where all subsequent meetings were held and 
all business transacted. 

The work of the Committee developed gradually during the 
course of the year and proved to be a severer task than at first ap- 
peared. The experience of the similar committee for the Encamp- 
ment of 1890 was extremely helpful in giving an idea of what was 
to be done, and during the period from the organization of this Com- 
mittee until the end of its labors on the first day of the Encamp- 
ment, the advice of former members of the old committee of 1890, 
some of whom were on the Committee this year, was very valuable. 
In general the purpose was to provide or obtain quarters and enter- 
tainment primarily for the veterans and secondarily for all visitors 
who should apply for information and aid. Incidental to this object 
were the labors of the Committee in procuring the necessary equip- 
ment and furniture for the free quarters and the headquarters of the 
Commander-in-Chief, in getting out circulars of information, in 
making contracts, and in taking care of the vast correspondence. 
The Committee also had charge of providing halls for the Encamp- 
ment of the Veterans, for the conventions of the allied organizations 
of the Grand Army of the Republic, and for reunions of regimental 
and other military organizations. 

The sub-committee on Encampment Hall took upon itself the 
work of selecting the most suitable hall for the meeting of the Na- 
tional Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, and after 
thorough investigation chose Symphony Hall, at the corner of Massa- 
chusetts Avenue and Huntington Avenue. This was selected as being 
the most convenient, both to the headquarters of the Commander- 
in-Chief at the Hotel Vendome, and Camp Jack Adams in Mechanics 
Building. The management of the hall were willing also that the 
comrades should be at liberty to smoke, a privilege which would 
have been denied them in Tremont Temple, where the Massachusetts 
Department Encampment is usually held. The price of this hall 
was fixed at $400 for the two days, August 17 and 18, during which 
it was occupied. The use of the hall was given for both day and 
evening. 

The sub-committee on hotels undertook to confer with the hotel 
proprietors in regard to establishing definite rates during Encamp- 



136 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

ment week. A meeting was accordingly held at the Committee 
rooms on January 8, at which the Chairman of the Committee and 
members of the sub-committee and a number of hotel proprietors 
were present. It was agreed at this meeting that the regular rates 
would not be increased, it being understood, however, that two or 
more persons might be assigned to a room usually occupied by one 
person, and that all prices should be based upon two persons to each 
room, and for not less than three days. A circular letter was sent 
to all the hotel proprietors of the city (circular letter No. 4) on April 
18, calling attention again to the coming Encampment, when thou- 
sands of visitors to the city were expected ; to the fact that this Com- 
mittee had made arrangements to receive apphcations for accommo- 
dations in hotels and asking for the cooperation of the proprietors 
in satisfying the apphcants. A blank was enclosed containing ques- 
tions which the proprietors were requested to answer and to i"eturn 
to the Committee for their information, as to rates and qualities of 
accommodations for guests in each hotel, and a blank form of con- 
tract was sent for the hotels to make use of in completing arrange- 
ments with guests. The Committee received replies from several of 
the proprietors, but in general the latter did not send the informa- 
tion wanted, nor make use of the Committee contracts. Most of the 
visitors to Boston during Encampment week who stopped at the 
hotels made arrangements directly with the proprietors. This re- 
lieved the Committee of much additional work, but it was ready 
and able at all times to aid those who applied, and during the last 
few days prior to the Encampment helped materially by letter, 
telephone and telegraph in completing arrangements for guests with 
the hotels. 

The Commander-in-Chief in conjunction vnth. members of the 
Executive Committee early in the year \'isited some of the hotels in 
Boston and selected the Hotel Vendome, at the corner of Dartmouth 
Street and Commonwealth Avenue, for his headquarters during the 
Encampment, and Mr. Knight, the manager of the hotel, placed his 
hotel at the disposal of this Committee, so that practically all ar- 
rangements for rooms were made through the Committee on Accom- 
modations. 

The majority of the Departments of the Grand Army and several 
of the Departments of the Woman's Relief Corps, as well as the Exec- 
utive Committee of the National Encampment, had headquarters 
here also, and the form of contract furnished by the Committee on 
Accommodations was used by Mr. Knight entirely. The only other 
hotel to make use of this form entirely was Hotel Berkeley, at the 
corner of Boylston and Berkeley Streets. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R, 137 

The sub-committee on halls for reunions worked in conjunction 
with the Committee on Reunions, the Chairman of the latter, Col. 
Bradley, being likewise Chairman of this sub-committee. 

Through the courtesy of the Schoolhouse Commission of the 
City of Boston the following schoolhouses were obtained for the 
purpose of reunions: English High School, Public Latin School, Prince 
School, Rice School, Winthrop School, Perkins School, Appleton 
Street School. 

These schoolhouses were more than sufficient to accommodate 
all the reunions that were held, though the Rice and Appleton Street 
schools were not used at all. The headquarters also of a few of the 
Departments were established in the schoolhouses. 

One of the most important matters, and one that involved the 
most work was the providing of free quarters for those visiting com- 
rades who were unable to obtain private accommodations. The sub- 
committee on free quarters had general charge of this work with 
the Chairman and Secretary of this Committee. 

It was determined in the beginning to hire Mechanics Building 
on Huntington Avenue as the main location of the large camp for 
the comrades. Mr. William White, a member of the Committee on 
Accommodations, was one of the trustees of this building, and through 
his good offices the building was secured for the whole of the En- 
campment week for $1,200. 

Application was made to the Adjutant General of the State for 
the use of the South Armory on Irvington Street, for the East Armory 
on East Newton Street and for the new Cambridge Armory on Massa- 
chusetts Avenue, just across the Charles River. 

All these armories were within convenient distance of Mechanics 
Building. In the latter building much had to be done to prepare for 
the reception of the thousands of comrades who were expected to be 
quartered. Under the personal direction of J. Henry Brown of the 
sub-committee on free cjuarters, extensive sanitary arrangements 
were built in the basement, which were easily sufficient to accommo- 
date many more than the number of comrades who actually were 
quartered in the building. 

Col. Charles K. Darling, also a member of this sub-committee, 
was appointed Commandant of the camp, which was named "Camp 
Jack Adams" in honor of the late Capt. John G. B. Adams of this 
State, a former Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Re- 
public. Three divisions of the camp were located in Mechanics 
Building, which it was calculated would provide for about 5,000 
comrades; one division at the South Armory, accommodating about 
1,000, and a fifth division at the East Armory, also accommodating 



138 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

about 1,000. Colonel Darling, who is the Commanding Officer of 
the Sixth Regiment Infantry of the Militia of this State and a Past 
Division Commander of Massachusetts and Past Commander-in-Chief 
of the Sons of Veterans, had the assistance of officers of his regiment 
and other officers of the militia, each division being under the com- 
mand of a major. Company L of his regiment performed guard duty, 
and the entire camp was put, as far as was suitable, under military 
discipline. Meals were provided at twenty-five cents each by T. D. 
Cook & Co. A hospital was established in the building and the 
health of the comrades was well looked out for by a staff of surgeons 
and nurses. A more detailed account of the camp will be found in 
the report of Colonel Darling, which is appended. 

Permission to use the armories of Company E of the Fifth In- 
fantry M.V.M. at Medford, of Company A, Fifth Infantry, and Com- 
pany H, Eighth Infantry in Charlestown, was obtained from the 
State authorities, but these armories were not needed. 

Circular Letter No. 1 was sent to all Posts in and around the 
city, requesting them to give entertainment to visiting Posts and to 
keep this Committee informed of the accommodations that they could 
and would thus provide, and a number of these Posts replied so that 
many visiting comrades were thus cared for. 

Mattresses were furnished by this Committee so far as desired in 
all these cases. 

Mr. Montague, Superintendent of Public Buildings, a member 
of this Committee, gave to the Committee the use of the city's ward- 
rooms in Wards 2, 3, 7, 8, 15, 18, 24, 25, and they were used in pro- 
viding free quarters for visiting comrades who came in bodies and 
wished to be cared for outside of the main camp. 

Through the courtesy of the Bath Commission the use of the 
following gymnasia belonging to the city was obtained and some of the 
visiting comrades quartered therein : 

D Street Gymnasium, South Boston; East Boston Gymnasium, 
Paris Street, East Boston; Ward 7 Gymnasium, Tyler Street, city 
proper; Ward 9 Gymnasium, corner Harrison Avenue and Plimpton 
Street; Ward 19 Gymnasium, Old Wardroom, Elmwood Street, 
Roxbury. 

The matter of providing quarters in private houses for all those 
visitors to the Encampment, who did not care or were unable to pay 
the rates that the hotels charged, was undertaken by this Committee, 
and the first move towards accomplishing that object was made 
early in April when an advertisement was inserted in the Sunday 
Herald, Globe, Post, Journal and American, and the Saturday Tran- 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 139 

script, Traveler and Record, once each week for three weeks, beginning 
April 9, as follows: 

"rooms wanted. 

"The Committee on Accommodations for the National Encamp- 
ment G.A.R. to be held in Boston during the week beginning Monday, 
August 15 next, are now ready to receive applications from those 
who may have rooms to rent to visitors. Registration may be made 
at Room 349, Old South Building, after April 5, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. 
until further notice." 

Mrs. Lizabeth A. Turner, a former National President of the 
Woman's Relief Corps, was engaged to take charge of the registration 
of rooms, and an index card system was designed by the Chairman 
of the Committee and E. B. Stillings, Chairman of the sub-committee 
on lodging and boarding houses. This index system was used in 
registering the applications of those who had rooms and accommo- 
dations to let; of those who desired to engage such rooms and ac- 
commodations; of those who desired accommodations in hotels; of 
those, both Posts and individuals, who wished free quarters, the 
latter being for veterans solely. In reply to the advertising from 
the time registration was opened until it was closed a week preceding 
the Encampment, there were some ten thousand rooms for lodgings 
on the Committee's list, the price being generally fixed at $1.00 per 
day. Some two thousand of these were let through the Committee, 
a form of agreement being used in triplicate, one copy being sent to 
the applicant for rooms, the second being forwarded to the proprietor 
of the rooms, and the third being kept on file, as part of the card 
system at the Committee's headquarters. In this methodical way 
the Committee was enabled to keep account of the persons who took 
advantage of the assistance of the Committee in obtaining accommo- 
dations and were enabled at all times to provide immediately for all 
such persons. To such visiting Posts as desired separate quarters, 
for which they were willing to pay a moderate amount, this Com- 
mittee gave assistance in making arrangements with the proprietors 
of halls. Circular Letter No. .5 was sent out to all such proprietors 
in this city, and many replies were received enabling the Committee 
to keep a list of halls showing the accommodations that could be 
given. To Posts which made such arrangements, mattresses were 
supplied as desired. 

The matter of furnishing mattresses for free quarters was con- 
sidered early in the year, and following the procedure of the Encamp- 
ment in 1890, bids were asked for from the dealers in this city. Sev- 



140 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

eral bids were received, the lowest being that by A. E. Kenney & Co. 
of Beverly Street. This concern proposed to let to the Committee 
the mattresses at fifty-five cents each. It was decided to accept 
this proposal, and a contract was drawn up by the Secretary of the 
Committee and was signed by the Chairman of this Committee and 
the Secretary of the Executive Committee, representing the Execu- 
tive Committee, and by A. E. Kenney & Co. Ten thousand mattresses 
were to be furnished by the latter at fifty-five cents each and as many 
additional mattresses as were needed at the same rate, plus the in- 
crease in the market price of ticking, the expense of carting being 
borne by the dealers. In this matter Mr. C. E. Osgood, as Chairman 
of the sub-committee on supplies, did much useful work. 

One week before the Encampment, owing to the much fewer 
number of applications for free quarters than had been expected, it 
was decided that the 12,000 mattresses then ordered would be suf- 
ficient and no more were ordered. This number proved to be many 
more than were required. 

Halls for conventions were provided by this Committee for the 
following organizations allied to the Grand Army of the Republic : 

Woman's Relief Corps, Ladies' Aid Association of the Sons of 
Veterans, Army Nurses, Ladies of the G.A.R., Daughters of Veterans, 
Medal of Honor Legion. 

It was voted to give $150.00 to the Sons of Veterans for their 
meeting place, but Isaac Rich Hall was secured by the latter, free of 
rent. This Committee, however, paid $15 for janitor's services at 
this hall. 

The Chairman and Secretary of the Committee were present for 
an hour or more every day during the last few months, and the former 
put in many nights working at the headquarters. A vast amount of 
correspondence was attended to. Besides Mrs. Turner, who had 
charge of the registration of applicants for free quarters and other 
accommodations and of proprietors of lodgings, two stenographers 
were employed during the last two weeks, solely for the use of this 
Committee. 

Previously the stenographers and clerks employed by the Execu- 
tive Committee were able to attend to the work of this Committee, 
but the work increased during the last few weeks to such an extent 
that more assistance was needed. 

On Saturday, August 13, the visitors began to come into the 
city and on that night and Sunday and Monday the headquarters 
were kept open until 1 or 2 a.m. in order to accommodate the numer- 
ous visitors who arrived here without previously engaging accommo- 
dations. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 141 

Mrs. Turner supplied all who came with the addresses of pro- 
prietors of lodgings, being assisted by the clerks and stenographers. 

Valuable servdce was rendered by the Sons of Veterans of the 
Massachusetts Division, who acted as guides, meeting these improvi- 
dent visitors at the stations and conducting them to headquarters 
and thence to the lodgings. 

The work of the Committee was finished on Monday, August 15. 
The last meeting was on August 11. One meeting a month was held 
until the middle of July, when they were increased to once a week, 
and during the last week there were three. 

The Committee suffered the loss of one of its members. Comrade 
Joseph H. Smith, who died in March. Resolutions of sympathy 
were sent to his widow. 

The following table shows the number of visitors, comrades and 
others, cared for by the Committee : 

Number of individuals applying for free quarters, approximately 7,000 

Number of Posts, approximately 175 

Number of rooms registered, approximately 6,700 

Number of persons assigned, approximately 2,600 

Respectfully submitted in F., C. and L. 

John E. Oilman, 

Chairman. 



CAMP "JACK ADAMS" 

IT was a happy thought which gave to the veterans' Camp the 
name of probably the most generally known Grand Army man in the 
state of Massachusetts. No matter where he was or what his occu- 
pation, there never was a man who more fully reaHzed the words of 
Halleck when he sang: 

" None knew thee but to love thee, 
Nor named thee but to praise." 

Whoever suggested the name for the camping place gave pleasure 
to a wide circle of men to whom memories of the past were precious. 
The care and management of the Camp were almost entirely in the 
hands of the militia and the Sons of Veterans. How well their respect- 
ive duties were performed, let the story of the Commandant, Colonel 
Charles K. Darling, tell. The Colonel, a son of a veteran, Commander 
of the Sixth Regiment, M.V.^L, and a veteran of the Spanish War, 
was every way well equipped for his task: 



142 unofficial proceedings thirty-eighth 

"John E. Oilman, 

Chairman Committee on Accommodations: 

"Headquarters of the Camp were established in suitable rooms 
back of the stage in the main hall, on Saturday, August 13, and 
officers and men detailed by orders reported promptly in comphance 
therewith. . . . 

"By Special Order No. 1, August 14, Captain William C. Webber, 
Engineer Officer of the First Brigade, was assigned to the duty as 
Engineer Officer of the Camp, and performed these duties in the most 
acceptable manner. 

"Previous to the estabUshment of Headquarters, the Camp had 
been prepared under the supervision of your sub-committee, consisting 
of Captain J. Henry Brown and the Commandant. The work, how- 
ever, was almost wholly performed under the personal supervision 
of Captain Brown, to whom is due the credit for ample and complete 
preparations in the way of the installation of additional toilet ac- 
commodations at Mechanics Building, the spreading of mattresses in 
all the buildings occupied by the Camp, and many other details of 
the preparations for the reception of the veterans. 

"The Camp was established on the basis of three divisions in 
Mechanics Building, one di\asion each in the South and East armories 
and a sub-post in the Cambridge Armory. Each div-ision was in 
command of a field officer, who made a daily report to these Head- 
quarters of attendance of officers and men, and the number of vet- 
erans accommodated, with notations of numbers responding to sick 
call. 

"The floor space of the various divisions having been previously 
assigned to the several Posts and organizations applying for quarters, 
diagrams were furnished the commander of each di\dsion and, as soon 
as the several Posts or members reported for quarters, they were 
promptly assigned thereto. This method of assigning quarters proved 
to be very satisfactory. 

"It was deemed advisable to reserve, in every case, accommoda- 
tions in accordance with applications previously made. Great num- 
bers reported having no assignment cards. For the first day or two 
these were required to be obtained from the Committee on Accommo- 
dations, but thereafter all who appHed for quarters were assigned 
them. In many cases they were veterans who had accommodations 
in the city or suburbs, but had found it impossible to reach them late 
at night, and were temporarily accommodated at the Camp. Accom- 
modations were held for all who applied, but many did not report 
until Monday or Tuesday evening, by which latter time some, 



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especially of the Massachusetts Department, had left for home. This 
accounts for the fact that at no time was Mechanics Building oc- 
cupied by much more than fifty per cent of its capacity. There were 
accommodated in the Camp, from first to last, fully 7,000 veterans. 

"Contract for catering at Mechanics Building was placed with 
T. D. Cook & Co. Owing to the camp-fire on Tuesday night, when 
the dining-room was closed, and the trip to Waltham on Wednesday 
evening, the expectations relative to the number of meals were not 
fully realized, but, notwithstanding this, they expressed themselves 
as satisfied with the outcome. About 20,000 meals were served at 
twenty-five cents each. The services and quality of the food fur- 
nished by the caterer were very satisfactory. 

"Bearing in mind that the principal end to be attained was the 
comfort of those who occupied the Camp, the general public were 
excluded between retreat and reveille, and at no time was soliciting 
or peddling permitted within the limits of the Camp. 

"The Hotel and Railway News Company was given the priv-ilege 
of selling papers at stands near the entrance. Following the arrange- 
ment at Camp 'Phil' Sheridan in 1890, articles of baggage were 
checked, free of expense, at Mechanics Building and at the South and 
East armories. This privilege seemed to be highly appreciated. 
Thousands of pieces were handled, most of them several times 
daily. 

"Arrangements were also made for the gi'ouping of colors of Posts 
and organizations near the color line, where they were at all times 
under the supervision of the guard. There were ample facilities for 
writing letters, stationery being furnished free of expense. A branch 
post office of Station A was established in Mechanics Building. 
Over all the space occupied by the Camp, Fire Commissioner Russell 
exercised, through the district chief, constant supervision. 

"Through the courtesy of General Thomas Sherwin, President 
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, free telephone 
service within the Boston district was given the occupants of the 
Camp, and two additional telephones were established free of expense, 
one at these headquarters and the other at the guard quarters. These 
were found of great convenience in dispatching business. 

"Guard duty at Mechanics Building was performed by Co. L 
of the 6th Infantry, and special attention is called to the efficient 
service of this company, not only for the excellent manner in which 
they performed duties, but for the number of men furnished during 
the week. The company was called upon to furnish three officers and 
thirty men. At no time were less than this number employed, 



144 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

and during the greater part of the time between forty and fifty were 
present for duty. 

"Discipline was rigidly maintained, especially in the matter of 
smoking and the lighting of matches. There were no arrests during 
the Encampment and no serious accidents or other casualties occurred. 
Great credit was due to those who occupied the Camp for the sol- 
dierly manner with which the requirements as to discipline were 
compUed with. 

"The detail from the Sons of Veterans, under the command of 
Captain Hiram A. McGlaufhn, Commander Camp 39, reported to me 
on the opening day for duty at the Information Bureau. I gave 
them quarters near the entrance, and during the entire week they 
were indefatigable in their efforts to give information to those who 
inquired of them. Their work is entitled to the highest praise. 

"I desire to express my thanks to the officers and men who by 
their faithful and conscientious service contributed to the success of 
the Camp. The division commanders, without exception busy men 
of affairs, gave most freely of their time and effort. All of them 
occupied quarters in the building during the Encampment, and were 
on duty giving personal attention to the details of their divisions 
practically night and day. . . . 

"The Camp, which was formally opened on Saturday, August 13, 
was officially closed on Saturday, August 20; but the Commandant 
having ascertained that there were veterans who still wished to avail 
themselves of the accommodations, a portion of Mechanics Building 
was kept open Saturday and Sunday nights, the 20th and 21st. 

"While two or three thousand more than reported for accommo- 
dations could have been provided with them, yet I believe it was better 
to have had them in reserve than to have been found wanting had 
the call come, and I am glad to state that, from start to finish, no one 
applying failed to find what I believe to have been satisfactory arrange- 
ment made for his comfort and convenience. 

"Charles K. Darling, 

Commandant." 

TRANSPORTATION. 

When dollars are considered, it is probable that more was involved 
in the labors of Comrade George H. Innis's Committee than in those 
of any other committee in the entire list. So important was the part 
assigned to it that we find coupled with Comrade Innis's the names 
of the head men in several great trunk lines of railroad. Necessarily 
the work was intrusted to the hands of those who had done much of 



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this labor before, those who knew how to set about it. This the Com- 
mittee did, and early in July was able to report on the terms of travel 
to and from Boston, offered to every part of this great country. Of 
course the days of "cut rates" through excessive competition are 
long past, but it was essential that comrades in California, Washington, 
Nevada, Texas and Florida should know just how much they would 
have to pay for tickets, what stop-over privileges they would have 
accorded them, and how they would be served in Boston, when the 
time came for them to present their tickets for validation on their de- 
parture. All this was carefully attended to and distinctly announced 
to all parts of the nation. That the work of the Committee was done 
promptly and discreetly all interested are ready to affirm. 

The outlay of fifty-nine cents charged to this Committee must 
have been for postage. 

BADGES. 

The Committee appointed to procure badges for the various 
organizations were moved by the same spirit which actuated all inter- 
ested in the 1904 Encampment, and gave careful thought and effort 
to the work, realizing that the design and selection would be an im- 
portant factor in estimating their value as souvenirs of the occasion. 
The allied organizations entitled to badges, under vote of the Executive 
Committee, were : 

G.A.R. Delegates and various Prisoners-of-War Association. 

Committees. Daughters of Veterans. 

Woman's Relief Corps. Army Nurses. 

Ladies of the G.A.R. Press Club. 
Navy Veterans. 

All committees and allied organizations were supplied, and the 
approval of each official or chairman obtained before adoption. The 
Encampment or delegate badge was approved by the Executive 
Committee, and especially commended by the Commander-in-Chief, 
who expressed himself as highly complimented. 

Silas A. Barton, 

Chav'tnan. 
The cost of "Badges" was S2,517.10. 

DECORATIONS. 

Immediately after my appointment as Chairman and the selection 
of ray associates on the Committee, I addressed several concerns in- 
viting them to submit bids for the decoration of Symphony, Mechanics 



146 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

and Faneuil halls, Tremont Temple and the entrances to the Public 
Garden. Estimates were received and opened in the presence of the 
bidders. The designs and estimates of C. P. Buckman were selected 
by the Committee and, on approval by the Executive Committee, the 
contract was awarded to him for $1,900. In addition to the above 
contract, Mr. Buclonan also decorated the grand stands, seven in 
number, four information booths, the Milk Street front of the Old 
South Building, the National and Department of Massachusetts Head- 
quarters of the G.A.R. and Woman's Relief Corps at the Vendome. 
He further decorated Isaac Rich Hall for Sons of Veterans, Hotel 
Curtis for Army Nurses, basement of Symphony Hall, and the Head- 
quarters at Hotel Victoria, receiving therefor additional compensation. 

Bids were also solicited from prominent electrical firms asking 
for designs and estimates for an electrical display on Boylston and 
Dartmouth streets, Huntington Aveftue and the PubUc Garden. 
After a careful consideration of the designs offered, the Committee, 
with the approval of the Executive Committee, gave the contract to 
James Wilkinson & Co., Boston, for $9,870. Taking into consideration 
that the illumination of the streets would draw such crowds as to 
endanger the lives of the people, it was afterwards decided to transfer 
so much of the work as related to the streets above named to the 
Boston Common and Commonwealth Avenue. Messrs. Wilkinson 
& Co. agreed to the change, placing their bid at the original figures. 

Begirming at Exeter Street on Commonwealth Avenue and running 
to Arlington Street there were two festoons of lights on the outside edge 
of the promenade, and two more on either side of the centre pathway. 
Spans of light crossed the pathway every seventy-five feet. In the 
centre of these spans hung illuminated corps badges and other em- 
blems. The arches at the entrance to the Public Garden were hand- 
somely decorated with flags, laurel and electric lights. The main 
avenue of the garden was illuminated with festoons of lights running 
from pole to pole. These poles were draped with laurel, and on the 
tojj of each was a corps badge encircled with a wreath. The garden 
was completely encircled by three rows of lights which were run 
through the trees and made a very beautiful effect. The pond was 
surrounded by a row of Ughts. Colored lights on the island were 
thrown upon the water with brilliant effect. 

On the Common the avenue from Charles to West Street was 
brilliantly lighted in a similar way to Commonwealth Avenue. Monu- 
ment Hill was also similarly decorated. The Soldiers' Monument was 
outlined with electric lights and was a grand and dazzling sight. 
Frog Pond was both encircled and crossed with lights which, reflected 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 147 

in the water, gave a beautiful effect. The fountain in the Frog Pond 
was continually illuminated by the New England Calcium Company, to 
whom was awarded the contract to perform the work for $60 during six 
nights. The firm not only kept its contract, but illumined eight nights 
without extra charge. Thirtj' thousand lights were used in the display. 
The decorations, both electrical and otherwise, have received the ap- 
proval of the press and of all who saw them. Experts have stated that 
our electrical display surpassed any ever seen in this country outside 
of the World's Fair. With such praise for its work, the Committee 
feels amply repaid for its labor. 

Thanks are hereby tendered to my associates on the Committee 
for their loyal support, since to them is due much of the success which 
crowned our efforts. Especial thanks are due the Edison Illuminating 
Company, who generously loaned us 25,000 lamps and furnished all the 
electric current used during the eight nights for the nominal sum of 
five hundred dollars. Appreciative acknowledgment is also made of 
the valuable ser\'ices of James Wilkinson & Co., electricians, Caleb P. 
Buckman, decorator, and J. H. Warren of the Calcium Light Company 
for the prompt and efficient manner in which they carried out the pro- 
visions of their contracts. I desire to make special mention of Mr. 
WiUiam Doogue, who was untiring in his desire to comply with every 
request made of him, and through whose directions the Public Garden 
was made "a thing of beauty and a joy forever." The total expense 
incurred by the Committee on Decorations was $16,900.44. 

Wilfred A. Wetherbee, 

Chairman. 

ENTERTAINMENT. 

To this Committee, naturally, was assigned the honor of pro- 
\ading entertainment for the delegates and other distinguished guests 
who so signally honored Boston by their presence, during that splendid 
festival of patriotism, the 3Sth National Encampment of the Grand 
Army of the Repubhc, Aug. 15-20, 1904. Incidentally it might not 
be out of place to observe, at this juncture, that it is a question 
whether a more agreeable duty could be assigned any group of men 
than that which was within the jurisdiction of the Committee on 
Entertainment, in the preparation of its program for the week in 
question. At any rate, this is the unanimous opinion of the Committee, 
every member of which discharged his duty to the fullest extent and 
in the most desirable manner. 

Realizing at the very outset that no half-hearted or perfunctory 
attempt would be tolerated by the people of Boston, the Committee 



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devoted its best thought and effort to the fonnulation of a program 
that should be both novel and entertaiumg. Boston has ever been 
generous in her hospitahty on all occasions, but in her latest reception 
of the men who stood the test of imperial courage and thereby saved 
the Union, it seemed as if ever}' man. woman and child had been con- 
stituted a Committee on Welcome and Entertainment ; thus making 
memorable what must hereafter be termed the Grand Welcome of a 
Grateful People. The constant manifestation of this splendid senti- 
ment, both before and during Encampment week, gave the Committee 
both text and inspiration. 

Accordingly a calendar of entertainment was finally arranged, 
which included a Camp-fire on Tuesday evening; Water Carnival at 
Riverside on Wednesday evening: Automobile ride Thursday after- 
noon; Patriotic Electrical Parade on Thursday evening; Harbor ex- 
cursion, fish dinner at Xahant, and drill of the North Atlantic Fleet, 
U.S. Xa%y, in the lower harbor, Fridaj-. Saturday was given up to 
an excursion down the bay, the southeast gale and downpour of rain 
preventing the trip to Phinouth. as originally scheduled. 

By way of conclusion, it might be interesting to note that in the 
preparation of its program, the Committee held no less than twenty 
regularly called meetings, not including the almost daily meetings 
of the sub-committees and the continuous session during Encampment 
week. Each fumction was supervised by a sub-committee, to which, 
also, was delegated the perfecting of all details. Moreover each sub- 
committee was held responsible for the success of its special assignment. 
From the first meeting, Jan. 9, 190-t, at 10 a.m., to the final session, 
August 29, when the Committee adjourned sine die, at 12 o'clock, 
noon, the utmost harmony prevailed, while the desire to work and to 
do something in furtherance of the pleasure of our honored guests 
was always paramoimt. 

Charles H. Baker, 

Chairmaji. 

For "Entertainment " there was paid out §7.612.11. 

FANEUIL HALL ENTERTAINMENT. 

The report of this Committee brings to mind that loyal comrade, 
faithful friend and ever good citizen, Joseph W. Thayer, who so 
recently passed over to join the ranks on the other side. He and his 
associates were just the men to look after the interests of the historic 
hall. 

"Having been appointed Chairman of the Faneuil Hall Enter- 
tainment Committee, I herewith submit my final report. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 149 

"The hall was kept open the entire week, August 15 to 20,. in- 
clusive, and I give the following figures to show the interest in the 
historic building. During the six days of exhibition 4.165 registered, 
while the total number of ^-isitors was estimated from 25,500 to 30,000. 

"As the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company volunteered 
to keep open its armon.-, a chance for registration was given there 
also, which resulted in the taking of 2,922 names, while the entire list 
of callers ranged, La estimate, all the way from S.700 to 10.200. Con- 
sidering the number of steps in the stairs leading up to this attic of 
Faneuil Hall, the result speaks volumes for the interest of the visiting 
pubhc in the structure and its contents. 

"Too much cannot be said of the interest and faithfulness of the 
members of the Committee, of their courteous treatment of all visitors 
in tr>-ing to make their \-isit to Faneuil Hall one long to be remembered. 

'The members of the Ancient and Honorables. other than those 
who were members of the Committee, were also anxious to do even.-- 
thing in their power to make ever\-body happy. I recommend that 
the Executive Committee send a letter of thanks to the company. 

"The entire expense of keeping open Faneuil Hall and the A. <fc 
H. A. .Armory was $134.-54. for which bills have been rendered. 

" I desire to render thanks to the members of the Executive Com- 
mittee for the true comradeship shown to me during my service with 
the Committee. 

" Yotirs fraternally in F.. C. and L. 

Joseph W. Thayer." 

Expense incurred by the Committee was SSO.OO. 

GRA5D STANDS. 

If veterans were coming many miles to march through the streets 
of Boston, and the people of the "Hub" were to see the parade, it 
was essential that steps should be taken to make it possible for inter- 
ested obser\"ers to have other than windows and doorways for outlooks, 
hence the plans for erecting stands with raised seats in various streets 
and avenues along the line of the procession. Into no more capable 
hands could the work have fallen than those which assumed charge 
of it. Long a business man, accustomed to lai^e enterprises, Comrade 
Smith clearly demonstrated that he also knew how to place a throng 
that the same might look on with ease, comfon and pleasure. 

" The Committee on Grand Stands had but little work to do till 
near the time of the Encampment. Permission was given the Com- 



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mittee by the city authorities to build on the malls or borders of the 
Common. The principal reviewing stand was erected on Boylston 
Street mall, near Park Square, capable of seating nearlj^ 5,000 
people. 

"Also stands were built on the Tremont Street mall, one near 
Boylston subway entrance, one extending up to West Street and one 
opposite Winter Street for the children in the Living Flag representa- 
tion, under the direction of Mrs. L. Stuart Wadsworth. As the time 
of the Encampment approached, we found that more stands should 
be built; one was accordingly put up in Winthrop Square and one on 
Beacon Street mall of the Common, extending from Charles Street 
towards the State House. All of these structures were built by 
contract and the sum paid out for them was $11,020.56. Everything 
possible was done to make them complete and strong. All were 
thoroughly inspected by the proper authorities of the city before 
they were used, thus indicating another item in the attention to 
details in this one of the best Encampments in the history of the 
G.A.R. To all concerned it was a source of great satisfaction that 
more than 15,000 people were thus provided with excellent seats and 
that not an accident or misfortune was reported for the entire day 
of the great parade. 

"Peter D. Smith, 

Chairman." 

The Committee's work cost 111,020.56. 



HORSES AND CARRIAGES. 

There is very little sentiment in the furnishing of means of lo- 
comotion in a parade, but the work must be done by some one, and 
the report of Comrade Allison M. Stickney indicates that no mistake 
was made in placing him in charge of this essential though not over- 
desirable task. 

"Early in the year I made the selection of the eighteen horses, 
demanded by the Commander-in-Chief, and had made plans for the 
labor to be performed, depending very much on Colonel Charles 
Kenny to work out the details. He attended only one meeting, 
but did good service, however, whenever called upon to perform 
any duty. 

"During the month of May I began to break down, and towards 
the end of June the climax came, when I was ordered away by my 
physician. At a meeting of the Committee, Mr. W. L. F. Oilman was 



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made a special Committee to secure horses for the staff and the various 
Departments, making prices and caring for the details of the work. 
He worked with untiring energy, and a faithfulness which is deserving 
of great commendation at the hands of the Executive Committee. . . . 

"Through the efforts of Comrade General J. H. Whitney of the 
Committee, we obtained from the Adjutant General of Massachusetts 
the use of the horse equipments of the Governor's Staff, the only charge 
being the cartage from the State Arsenal to Boston and return. By 
the use of these equipments for the Commander-in-Chief and his im- 
mediate staff, together with the fine horses of Kenny & Clark, we 
made a display which seldom has been equaled and certainly never 
surpassed in any Encampment of our Order. General Whitney further- 
more secured the permission to use all of the state cavalry equipments 
free of charge, but before this time, W. L. F. Gilman had contracted 
for the necessary equipments with William Read & Sons of Boston, 
and therefore the state equipments were not used at all. 

"I feel somewhat proud over the results accomplished. The 
Commander-in-Chief and staff and other comrades supplied with horses 
were all pleased as far as heard from, many letters of thanks having 
been received. Captain Landy of the State Arsenal and Messrs. 
William Read & Sons tell me that never before have they had equip- 
ments returned in such good condition and so little damaged, our en- 
tire loss consisting in one broken bit, valued at $1.25. By 2 p.m. 
every horse for which this Committee was directly responsible was in 
the hands of its owner and receipt acknowledged by him. Perhaps the 
detail of this accomplishment may be of service to others. 

"Providence Street, near the grand stand, was closed to the 
pubhc, properly roped off and well supplied with police. This was 
done by the Superintendent of Police at the request of General Whitney. 
At 11 A.M. grooms were assembled at the line, marched to the grand 
stand by General Whitney, and as the riders dismounted the horses 
were at once taken by grooms, regardless of ownership, into Providence 
Street, where all were held by the poUce until the horses had been 
assorted by their owners; and after acknowledging the receipt of all 
their mounts, either to myself or General Whitney, were allowed to 
depart. . . . 

"For the various Departments our Committee acted only as a sort 
of clearing-house, putting the Departments into communication with 
reliable parties in Boston and allowing them to make their own terms 
and contracts. The demands made and their disposition are tabulated 
as follows: 



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No. 


of 


Department. 


A, A. General. 


Horses. Referred to 


Pennsylvania, 


C. A. Suydam, 


6, 


S. W. Spofford. 


Ohio, 


Matt. J. Day, 


15, 


W. B. Hasty. 


Potomac, 


L. J. Estes, 


5, 


Kenny & Clark 


New Jersey, 


J. M. Atvvood, 


3, 


Kenny & Clark. 


Massachusetts, 


E. P. Preble, 


25, 


Geo. S. Brownlow 


Ilhnois, 


Chas. A. Partridge, 


20, 


C. W. Daley. 


Michigan, 


Fayette Wykoff, 


5, 


H. B. Cook. 


"The following Departments informed us 


they would not ride : 


Connecticut. 


West Virginia. 


New Hampshire. 


North Dakota. 


Kansas. 


Rhode Island. 


Nebraska. 


Delaware. 


Virginia 


and North Carolina. 



"The amount paid by the Finance Committee for the necessary 
outlay was $238.50, while the sum received for use of steeds and 
equipments by the Commander-in-Chief, staff and by the Depart- 
ments was $699.75. This of course went at once into the hands of 
those who furnished horses and other essentials. 

"I wish to thank the members of the Executive Committee for 
their patience with me, and for the encouragement which I always 
received at their hands. 

"Respectfully yours in F., C. and L, 

Allison M. Stickney, 

Chairman." 
INFORMATION. 

To strange people in a strange land how useful a man or a number 
of people ready and anxious to answer questions! While many 
diligent students had come to Boston fully read as to the entertaining 
points in and about the "Hub," some of them, indeed, able to impart 
knowledge to the residents themselves, to the great majority Boston 
was only a name, presumed to cover and include a world of sights 
worth seeing. For such it was the privilege and pleasure to enumerate 
the crowning glories of the Athens of America, to put in handy form 
information which would quickest and most correctly tell the stranger 
what he ought to see in Boston and how he should reach the desired 
place. To this Committee was due the free opening of King's Chapel, 
the Old South and the Old North Church, Bunker Hill Monument, etc. 
Through this Committee also came the marking of a score and more 
of the significant places in the city, as the Paul Revere House ; Robert 
Newman's house; where Dr. S. F. Smith, the author of "America," 



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was born; where IMajor Pitcairn died; the Frankland and Hutchinson 
houses, and many other objects of greater or less interest. The name 
given to the Committee was no misnomer. 

Three thousand copies of "Bacon's Guide to Boston," for free 
distribution among the delegates and others, attested the purpose 
of the Committee to keep the visitors informed. Eight thousand 
booklets from the Youth's Companion, called "War Times Portraits," 
also helped along greatly. 

"Information" cost $2,604.71. 

INVITATIONS. 

For a number of years a prominent item in the iluties of this 
Committee has been the effort to secure the presence of the President 
of the United States on the day of the Parade. Sometimes he is per- 
suaded to look on, more often something prevents. In this case the 
latter condition prevailed, as appears in the report. When Boston 
had the Encampment fourteen years before, President Harrison 
viewed the most soul-stirring scene of liis whole public life when 
the veterans went swinging by, but Theodore Roosevelt missed his 
opportunity in 1904. 

"I have the honor to transmit herewith my report as Chairman 
of the Committee on Invitations to the 38th National Encampment, 
Grand Army of the Republic. 

"We early began the work of preparing an in\4tation that would 
be a credit to the Grand Army of the Republic, the State of Massa- 
chusetts and the City of Boston. 

"The Executive Committee, approving the sample presented, we 
had engraved and printed 12,000 copies, maihng them to all the Dele- 
gates and Representatives to the 38th National Encampment, Aides 
on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Delegates and Representatives 
of the Woman's Relief Corps, Sons of Veterans, Daughters of Veterans, 
Ladies of the G.A.R., Ex-Prisoners-of-War and Auxihary, United 
States Senators, Representatives in Congress, Governors of states, 
generals on the active and retired list of the U.S.A. and Navy, foreign 
ministers, mayors of the New England cities, judges of courts, mem- 
bers of the Massachusetts Legislature, Aldermen and Council of the 
City of Boston, heads of Departments, ministers of all churches in Bos- 
ton, and thousands of others who love and honor the veterans of 
the war for the Union. Nearly 6,000 letters were received in reply, 
expressing appreciation and thanks for the beautiful souvenir from 
the (Jrand Army of the Republic. 

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President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, to come to Boston 
Encampment week, also to have the Secretary of the Navy order the 
Battlesliip Squadron to Boston Harbor, that the veterans might see 
a large representation of our American Na\'y. 

"For this purpose a sub-committee was appointed, consisting of 
Eli W. Hall, W. W. Blackmar, E. H. Haskell and Lieutenant Governor 
Curtis Guild, Jr., who ^dsited Washington and presented to the Presi- 
dent a beautifully embossed invitation of the Grand Army and urged 
his presence in Boston to review the great Parade, Aug. 16, 1904. 

REPORT OF SUB-COMMITTEE TO VISIT WASHINGTON. 

The Committee visited Washington, was granted an audience by 
the President and the in\dtation was extended to be present in Boston to 
mtness the parade on the 16th of August. The President expressed an 
earnest A\'ish to pay his respects to the veterans and to re\'iew the parade, 
but he stated that he feared his public duties would prevent liis accept- 
ance. He asked the Committee to give him a few days to consider the 
in\ntation and to consult liis advisers as to his engagements and public 
business, to see if it would be possible for him to arrange to be present. 

The President personally ordered the fleet of warships to Boston 
Harbor during the Encampment week, that the veterans might see a 
portion of their great American Na\'y. 

The following letter from the Secretaiy of the President has been 
received, which states the latter's decision: 

"White House, Washington. 
"The Secretary of the President thanks the Department of Massa- 
chusetts, Grand Army of the RepubUc, for its courteous invitation to be 
present at the 3Sth National Encampment and regrets his inability to 
accept. Signed for the sub-committee, 

Eli W. Hall. 
Curtis Guild, Jr. 
E. H. Haskell. 
W. W. Blackmar. 

"The Committee is under great obligation to Lieutenant CJov- 
ernor Guild for his assistance on this occasion. 

" Li conclusion, permit me to express my sincere thanks to Silas 
A. Barton, Secretary of the Executive Committee, for many courtesies 
received, and my grateful acknowledgment to every member of the 
Committee on Invitations for his ready assistance and hearty codpera- 
tion in all the duties called upon to perform. 

" Respectfully submitted in F., C. & L. 

Eli W. Hall, 
Chairman." 
"Invitation" work cost $2,04.5.44. 



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For an extended personal letter to General Blackmar, see the Official 
Proceedings of the Encampment, page 145. 

MEDICAL AND PUBLIC COMFORT. 

While the old soldiers who were to visit Boston were not to be 
subjected to the fire of an enemy nor yet to be exposed to the malarial 
dangers of Southern swamps, yet experience had taught that no such 
gathering as that expected could be had without the need of medical 
care, hence the Department made most extended preparation for the 
physical well-being of all who came to parade and also for those who 
simply looked on. As the sequel proved, the latter class included 
on the Parade day much the larger number. Every word of the 
several reports bearing on this Committee's work would be in print 
did the Umits of this volume permit. As it is, much valuable matter 
is necessarily omitted. 

The Medical Department was in charge of Dr. Horace E. Marion, 
Medical Director, Dept. Mass. G.A.R., who was ably assisted by the 
following physicians, all of whom volunteered their services, viz.: 
John Q. A. McCoUister, Walter R. Mansfield, Howard S. Deering, 
Frank G. Watson, John F. Harvey, Wm. H. Devine, John P. Lombard, 
S. V. Merritt, Thos. E. McGourty, Abram S. Williams, Joseph F. Hart, 
Henry L. Dearing, D. F. Sughrue, Henry D. Chadwick, Charles N. 
Green, Fred A. Washburn, A. G. Scorboria, Benj. F. Sturgis, C. S. 
Butler, T. F. Buntin, G. W. Bryant, Eustace F. Fiske, Chas. W. Pierce, 
Thos. B. Shaw, Freeman C. Hersey, Guy C. Chamberlain, H. S. Carol, 
J. L. Ames, F. W. Rice, H. S. Rowen, S. F. McKeen, E. S. Hatch and 
C. M. Green. 

Camp Roger Wolcott, Massachusetts, American War Nurses 
volunteered their ser^^ces for the Encampment, through Dr. Laura 
A. C. Hughes. The same were accepted and the ladies rendered most 
valuable aid to our comrades and auxiliary associations. Many were 
on duty for several days and the whole staff was represented on the 
day of parade. 

Through the courtesy of Governor John L. Bates and the Sur- 
geon General's Department, the services of the Militia Ambulance 
Corps were tendered and accepted by the Committee. The corps 
rendered very efficient services on the day of the parade. Captain R. E. 
Bell commanding, assisted by Lieutenant Hartung and thirty-nine men. 
The state also furnished free one ambulance, two hospital tents, 
twelve cots, blankets and other furnishings. Ambulances were also 
furnished by Boston City Hospital, Emergency Hospital, Institution 
of Registration and the City Police Department, ten in all. 

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156 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

free. There were in addition six temporary hospitals, viz.: one at 
Camp "Jack Adams," open six days; one each at the South and East 
armories, open three days; one each at Fairfield Street, Clarendon 
Street and on the Common, all open on the day of the parade. 

We had twelve convenience stations located, two at each grand 
stand and one at tent on Huntington Avenue. Sanitaries were also 
placed on the line of march during the parade. A large marquee 
tent was erected on the grounds of the Institute of Technology, Hunt- 
ington Avenue, by the kind permission of the officers of that institution. 
The tent accommodated about 2,000, where coffee and lunch were 
served free by the Women's New England Temperance Association. 
The tent was open to veterans and all associations affiliated with the 
G.A.R. It was well patronized and proved to be a feature during the 
warm days of the Encampment. Ice water was furnished at twenty 
different places on the line of parade, and lemonade was served free 
from five stands by the women of the New England Temperance As- 
sociation. 

The sum paid out for this branch of the Encampment service 
was $1,046.54. 

Charles S. Clerke, 

Chairman. 

SUMMARY OF REPORT OF THE SURGEON IN CHARGE. 

The Grand Army of the Republic being a quasi-milita,ry organi- 
zation, made up entirely of old soldiers and sailors, it seemed appro- 
priate that the Medical Staff of the militia of the Commonwealth 
should serve it at the Encampment. Consequently every surgeon and 
assistant surgeon in the militia was asked if it would be agi'eeable and 
possible to serve in some way the 38th National Encampment, G.A.R. 
Almost without exception every one volunteered his services, absence 
from home preventing a few. In order to properly provide for the 
temporary hospitals and reviewing stands, it was necessary to go out- 
side the present Medical Staff of the militia. [The names of all physi- 
cians serving appear in the report of the Chairman of the Committee, 
as does the fact that the Governor supplied the ambulance outfit 
in part.] 

The Ambulance Corps was thus disposed of: Seven squads, 
four men each, two stretchers, were placed as nearly as possible at 
equal distances in the column, and the remainder were distributed 
among the temporary hospitals and on the reviewing stands. 

The two regulation hospital tents were pitched, end to end, 
on the southwest corner of the Common. This was designated, 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 157 

"Headquarters Hospital"; it served also as headquarters for the 
Ambulance Corps with ambulance. Two tents, 25 x 15 feet, were 
pitched on Commonwealth Avenue, one at Clarendon Street and one 
at Fairfield Street. Headquarters Hospital was under the charge of 
Major Howard S. Deering, Surgeon, 1st Heavy Artillery, M.V.M., and 
Staff. Temporary Hospital, Commonwealth Avenue and Clarendon 
Street, was under the charge of Major John F. Harvey, Surgeon, 5th 
Regiment, M.V.M., and Staff. That on Commonwealth Avenue and 
Fairfield Street was in charge of Major John P. Lombard, Surgeon, 
9th Regiment, M.V.M., and StafT. 

Two ambulances were placed on Fairfield Street, one on Claren- 
don Street, in connection with the temporary hospitals, and one 
with the Ambulance Corps as before stated. These were injected 
into the column as it marched by, always in connection with a de- 
tachment from the Ambulance Corps; one in rear of Divisions 4, 17, 
44 and 45 respectively. [For the stations and work of the nurses, 
vide the report of Dr. Hughes.] 

At the Headquarters Hospital there was a detail of four police- 
men and thirteen men and a corporal from the 1st Heavy Artillery, 
sent by Major Geo. F. Quinby, under Lieutenant Gurlach. On the 
harbor excursions, Friday and Saturday, Dr. Chas. F. Pierce and 
Dr. Laura A. C. Hughes, Misses Parsons, Dix and Shepard, nurses, 
and four Ambulance Corps men were on duty. 

Within the sanitary tents on Newbury Street, eight in all, one 
at Head(|uarters Hospital and two in Winthrop Square, open seats 
were placed over the catch-basins. It may be remarked in passing, 
that this is the first time in the history of parades in Boston that 
this arrangement has been made, much to the relief of the old soldier 
waiting for his turn to "fall in." 

Every surgeon was provided with an emergency box furnished 
by the Theodore Metcalf Company, containing a few remedies for 
immediate use. While we were prepared to meet any emergency, it 
is gratifying to report very few instances of real suffering and no 
accidents were brought to our notice, especially on the reviewing 
stands. So dense was the crowd in the streets over the entire route, 
the great wonder is that there were not fatalities, as the extremely 
old and extremely young were crowded in together indiscriminately. 
There were indeed from this source many "faints" and "exhaustions," 
but nothing serious. To care for these chiefly the ambulances were 
kept very busy. 

At Headquarters Hospital twenty-seven patients were treated, 
including a few women and children suffering from heat and exhaus- 



158 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

tion. Two veterans were brought in almost pulseless and required 
active stimulation to revive them. It is believed that the prompt 
treatment, near at hand, saved both of them from more serious con- 
sequences, and demonstrated most clearly the value and usefulness 
of the aid provided. At the temporary hospital on Clarendon Street 
eight cases were brought in by the stretcher-bearers, mostly heat 
prostrations. One was sent to Massachusetts General Hospital and 
one was sent to his own home in an ambulance. ... At the tem- 
porary hospital on Fairfield Street nine cases were treated; one, a 
case of epilepsy (convulsion), was sent to the Boston City Hospital. 
The remainder were chiefly heat prostrations, including one of aortic 
aneurism. 

At the State House stand no case requiring medical aid was 
reported. City Hall stand, fifty-seven people were treated during 
the passage of the parade. Most of the cases were young women 
suffering from heat stroke and nervous exhaustion. Three veterans 
were treated, and a few elderly ladies and children. Four patients 
were sent in ambulance to the Relief Station, Haymarket Square. 
The rest were treated here and detained until well enough to return 
to their homes. The emergency box proved very useful. In the 
Living Flag nothing worse was reported than several cases of fainting, 
owing to overcrowding. Temporary treatment was given by the 
surgeons in charge. At the corner of Beacon and Charles streets 
fourteen received attention, including four veterans, though no case 
was serious. 

From start to finish everything went smoothly. Too much 
cannot be said in praise of the service rendered. Every doctor was 
on the alert to seek out and reheve suffering, and the nurses were 
everywhere in evidence, hunting for trouble that they might assist. 
The ambulance men were more than active, going out of their way 
to help; no matter what they were asked to do, they did it quickly 
and cheerfully. 

Horace E. Marion, Surgeon in Charge. 



THE SUBSTANCE OF THE REPORT OF DR. LAURA A. C. HUGHES, 
ACTING AS SUPERINTENDENT OF NURSES. 

The week was full of interesting work and pleasure in caring 
for the sick veterans and others who took part in the great celebra- 
tion. Camp Roger Wolcott, Massachusetts Spanish-American War- 
Nurses, volunteered its services to nurse the soldiers under the orders 
from the Medical Department of the G.A.R. Some of its members 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G.A.R. 159 

could not serve, and it was voted to allow them to send substitutes 
who were graduate nurses. 

There were on duty during the week thirty-eight nurses, fifteen 
of whom were members of the Camp. These were distributed as 
f oUow^s : 

In the 1st, 2d and 3d Divisions of Camp "Jack Adams" three 
nurses, Misses Louise Parsons, Beverly ; Katharine Fitzgerald, Boston, 
and Florence G. McMaster, Boston. 

In the South Armory, Misses Elizabeth Stewart, J. Minerva 
Day and Jessie Brow^n, all of Boston. 

In the East Armory, Misses Stella Goodnough, Brattleboro, 
Vermont; Mary C. Daly and Mary A. Garvey, both of Boston. 

At Headquarters tent, on the Common, the day of the Parade, 
Mrs. Sara R. Langstrom of Lynn, Misses Anna L. Schultze of Penn- 
sylvania, and Annie Fletcher of Lynn. 

At tent A, Commonw'ealth Avenue, Misses H. Josephine Shep- 
herd, Milton; EUzabeth Stock, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Barracks, 
and Helen G. Fairbanks, Natick. 

At tent B, Commonwealth Avenue, Misses Frances A. Groves, 
Boston, and Joanna B. Casey, Dorchester. 

At the Re\'iewing Stand, State House, Misses Sara A. Bowen, 
Jamaica Plain; Inez C. Lord, Boston, and Ida Washburn, Boston 
City Hospital. 

At the Reviewing Stand, City Hall, Misses Jennie R. Dix and 
Alice Gallagher, both of Boston ; Mary E. Sutherland and Lena Rogers, 
both of Charlesto'WTi. 

At the Reviewing Stand, Living Flag, Misses Julia M. Leach, 
Marian Manague and Maude Bowie, all of Salem, 

At the Reviewing Stand B, Misses Celeste B. Shaw and Mary 
A. C. Mackay, both of Boston. 

At Reviewing Stand C, Misses Emma F. Russell of LawTcnce, 
and Martha F. Simpson of Boston. 

At Reviewing Stand D, Misses M. Agnes Haley, Boston, and 
Mary J. Rimmer, Dorchester. 

At Reviewing Stand, Boylston Street, Mrs. Lauretta Hughes 
Kneil, Westfield, and Mrs. A. L. Bolton, Somerville. 

At Reviewing Stand, Winthrop Square, Misses Elizabeth C. 
Fairbanks, Dorchester, and Stella B. Weston, Boston. 

On the boat trip. Misses Parsons, Dix and Shepherd. 

There was in addition to the above one superintendent who 
visited each of the posts everj'^ day they were in operation. The first, 
second and tliird divisions Post Hospital, Camp "Jack Adams," was 



160 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

open and nurses on duty from Sunday morning, August 14, at Sur- 
geon's Call (7 A.M.) until after Surgeon's Call, Saturday, August 20. 
Several veterans were treated on the 14th. At the fourth division, 
in South Armory, nurses responded on the 14th and so continued 
till the close of the di\asion, August 18. Similar duty was per- 
formed in the East Armory till it was closed on the 17th. 

During the week the number of cases treated was, in Mechanics 
Building, 200; South Armory, 14; East Armory, 13; on the Common, 
26; Commonwealth Avenue, tent A, 8; City Hall, 57; Living Flag, 21; 
Boylston Street, 8; Stand B, 4; Stand C, 13; Stand D, 10; Winthrop 
Square, 8; boat trips, 28: making a total of 410 cases treated at 
fifteen posts and Red Cross stations. The name, residence and Post 
of each one cared for were recorded and also the treatment. In all 
these cases no alcoholic Uquor was used except in one instance, and 
in that case only an ounce was given. 

The most prevalent cases treated were caused by heat prostra- 
tion, exhaustion from standing, and marching and going without 
food, and the chronic diarrhoea of the old veterans. The day of the 
veterans' parade a few accidents were treated, and some old wounds 
which became troublesome owing to the extra exertion were dressed. 
In addition to the above, hot drinks of malted milk, Jamaica ginger 
and beef tea were given ad lib., and of these no record was kept. 

In conclusion we wish to thank Superintendent Dr. Mann, of 
the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital, for the loan of suppUes to 
furnish temporary hospital in East Armory and for his courtesy 
to the nurses on duty there. Thanks are also due to Dr. W. C. Miner, 
dentist, 66 Huntington Avenue, who, though not on the Medical Staff, 
freely gave his services when called to a veteran at the first division 
Hospital, sufi'ering from a diseased tooth; also to Dr. Morgan, 39 
Huntington Avenue, oculist, to whom a veteran from the same 
division Hospital was sent. 

We wish to acknowledge the uniform courtesy of all the officers 
and details of the Camp, from Colonel Darling, Commandant, and 
our own Surgeon-in-Chief, Colonel Horace E. Marion, down to the 
orderly, and we wish to thank them for their kindness to us which 
made our work easier than it would otherwise have been. 

Laura A. C. Hughes, M.D. 
MUSIC. 

Almost at the onset, the Committee on Music was brought face 
to face with the important question of prices to be paid for bands 
on the parade. This was brought to the attention of the Committee 
by a letter from Lincoln Post, No. 11, of Newark, New Jersey, which 



NATIONAL ENCAMPiMENT OF THE G. A. R. 161 

letter covered one from a Boston musical agency, containing the 
information that the local union had fixed the price for the parade 
at nine dollars per man, leader double pay, which would bring the 
cost of an engagement of twenty-five men, $235, — the extra dollar 
being for contracts, postage, etc. The Committee communicated 
with the local Musicians' Union, and after several conferences with 
officers of that body made arrangements for meeting the union 
itself. At this meeting, where the Committee was represented by 
Comrades Oilman, Wetherbee and Henry, the case of the comrades 
was ably and forcibly presented. It was found that the rank and 
file of the union had an entirely friendly feeling towards the Grand 
Army, their reception of the Committee being very cordial. In due 
time the action fixing the rate at nine dollars was rescinded and 
bands were left to make their own terms. This, however, did not 
interfere with the engagement by Posts of bands at higher or lower 
rates; but the Committee determined and adhered to that determi- 
nation throughout, that they would not attempt to effect engage- 
ments between bands or drum corps at higher rates than those 
specified. 

The number of engagements effected between Posts and bands 
was twenty; the number between Posts and drum corps, twelve. 
In addition to the necessary correspondence to fill these engagements, 
which became very voluminous, applications were received from, and 
more or less correspondence was entered into with, seventy-five bands 
and twenty-one drum corps, none of which were engaged, partly on 
account of lack of quality and partly on account of high prices. 

In addition to the engagements affecting the parade, bands 
were engaged by the Committee in response to requests by the Com- 
mittee on Entertainment; one being assigned to the camp-fire, one 
to the excursion down the harbor, and an orchestra to Faneuil Hall. A 
band was also employed for the camp-fire of the Woman's Relief Corps. 

A small cloud of trouble appeared in the horizon at one time 
regarding the employment of United States Army bands, the presi- 
dent of the Musicians' Union informing the Committee that the 
union would protest against the parading of such bands. He was 
asked to name the band, which he did; but upon writing to the four 
Posts where the band was stationed, it was found that none had been 
engaged ; whereupon the cloud rolled away. 

Respectfully submitted, 

William M. Olin, Chairman. 

There was paid out of the General Fund on account of "Music," 
$147.77. 



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PARADE. 

The real report of the Committee was the Parade itself. That, 
however, gives no account of the considerations which prompted 
the Committee to take just the route decided upon, the hour of its 
starting and the thousand and one items of detail that employed 
many an hour of counsel and deliberation. Experience taught that 
after these many days, veterans could not take the course which 
would have been easy twenty years before, hence the limitations and 
the result which is now a part of Grand Army and Boston history. 
The statements submitted by Chairman Wallace follow : 

"I pass you herewith bills contracted by the Committee on 
Parade in connection with the 38th National Encampment, G.A.R., 
duly approved, amounting to $387.06. I take pleasure in saying that 
the amount expended is about one-half the sum asked for and ap- 
propriated, and about one-quarter of the expenditure of 1890. Small 
personal expenditures, principally for carriages and horses, made by 
the Chairman of the Committee from time to time, are not taken 
into account and are very cheerfully contributed by the Chairman. 

"Aug. 22, 1904. I have to-day passed you all bills, duly ap- 
proved, contracted by the Committee of which I have the honor to 
be Chairman, on account of the parade of the Grand Army, and 
herewith I also pass you in duplicate General Orders No. 11, with 
plan of formation for the parade. 

"In completing my duties as Chairman of this Committee, as 
well as Assistant Adjutant General of the National Encampment, 
I take the opportunity to thank the Secretary and all my associates 
on the Parade Committee, as well as you and all members of the 
Executive Committee for their uniform courtesy and for their aid in 
making a success of this, probably the last great parade of the Grand 
Army of the Republic. When we consider that nearly forty years 
have passed since the close of the war in which we participated, the 
fact that we were able to parade more than 26,000 men, many of 
them coming from distant states, speaks volumes for the American 
volunteers. 

"Yours in F., C. and L. 

Cranmore N. Wallace. Chairman." 



PRESS. 

To this Committee was given the task of providing the newspapers 
of Boston and elsewhere with advance items pertaining to the prepa- 



NATIONAL ENCAMPiMENT OF THE G. A. R. 163 

rations for the approaching Encampment. That its members did their 
work well is evident from the amount of matter that the press of the 
land teemed with from ocean to ocean. Never was a gathering of the 
old soldiers better heralded, and no small part of the wide advertising 
of the assembly was due to the Committee, made up almost entirely 
of men devoted to journalistic work. 

The Committee feels under sj^ecial obligations to the Boston Press 
Club, which threw wide open its capacious rooms on Tremont Street, 
not only for the meetings of the Committee, but also during the 
Encampment week, for all reporters and newspaper men generally, 
whether from city or country. Every possible facility of the club 
was generously placed at the disposal of the Committee. 

To the Press Club and to the press throughout the country, for 
facilities in circulating information, thanks are due from the Com- 
mittee and from the Department, and they are hereby tendered. 

There was paid out for this Committee the sum of $368.00. 

PRINTING. 

The brief report of this Committee gives little notion of the 
amount of work performed by it, for to it was committed all the 
circularizing business which for months was one of the principal 
interests of the whole board. 

"Here^\'ith is submitted the report of the Commit; e on Print- 
ing. All printing required by the several committees was approved 
by the Committee and forwarded to the printer. All matters of any 
considerable importance were submitted to competition and were 
awarded to the lowest bidders. All printing, authorized by the Com- 
mittee, was charged up to the expense of the committee for which 
it was done, and is found in the reports of the General Committee. 

"Charles D. Nash, Chairman." 

The charging of the several printing items to the respective 
committees accounts for the non-appearance of this considerable sum 
in any one place. 

RECEPTION. 

A preliminary meeting was held in the Council Chamber, State 
House, Thursday, Aug. 11, 1904, the Chairman presiding. The gen- 
eral work expected from the Committee was outlined by the Chair- 
man, who announced that Suite 4, Hotel \'ictoria, had been secured 
as Committee headquarters during the Encampment. The Chair- 



164 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDIISrGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

man appointed an Executive Committee, consisting of Generals 
Blackmar, Guild and Carpenter, Colonels King, Darling and Frye, 
and Messrs. Grozier, Stone and "White. 

An adjourned meeting was held at the Hotel Victoria, Boston, 
at 2 P.M. Monday, Aug. 15, 1904, the Chairman presiding. All 
necessary instructions were given to indi\ddual members of the Com- 
mittee and official badges were distributed. Assignments of stated 
hours of duty at the headquarters were made to members of the 
sub-committee during the EncamiDment. A special stenographer 
was employed to be in attendance upon the Committee throughout 
the week, and grand-stand passes were issued to the Committee for 
distribution among the guests of the Encampment. 

Dui'ing the term of the Encampment the members of the Com- 
mittee, under the direction of the Chairman, rendered such personal 
services in the entertainment of distinguished guests as circumstances 
would permit. The Committee is under special obligations to the 
Executive, Accommodations, Badges, Grand Stand and In\atations 
committees for assistance and cooperation. 

As about 8,000 people accepted the special invitation to be present, 
the Committee was confronted by a very serious problem as to how 
it would receive and entertain so large a number. The Committee 
was particularly instructed to receive and entertain the following 
distinguished guests: Major General Peter J. Osterhaus of Missouri, 
one of the few living Corps Commanders, one who held General John- 
ston M. Grant's rear while the latter hammered at and finally cap- 
tured Vicksburg and then Lookout Mountain in the "Battle above 
the Clouds"; Major General 0. 0. Howard, who was senior in com- 
mand at Gettysburg after the gallant Reynolds fell and until Meade's 
arrival the next day; Major Geo. L. Goodale, U.S.A., Astoria, Oregon, 
who was Chairman of the Executive Comnjittee fourteen years ago 
and then did such splendid work to make the Encamj^ment the success 
it was, and Walter Kittredge who wrote the song the old soldiers 
love so well, "Tenting on the Old Camp Ground." 

The Committee carefully arranged to have the governors of other 
states and other distinguished guests from civil life entertained on 
the Governor's reviewing stand in front of the State House, where 
His Excellency John L. Bates placed them on his right and left 
during the review. The mayors of other cities and many distinguished 
gentlemen in civil hfe were entertained by the Mayor of Boston, 
Hon. P. A. Collins, on his reviewing stand at the City Hall. The 
military guests, among whom were Generals Osterhaus and Howard, 
were with General Black on the Boylston Street stand. 



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During the entire Encampment the Committee kept open house 
at the Hotel Victoria, where hundreds of visiting delegates and com- 
rades were received, welcomed, entertained and furnished with tickets 
for the various functions, and their general comfort seen to. One 
guest, a member of the Staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Black, was 
taken seriously ill and sent to a hospital, where he remained till 
September 9, before he was sufficiently recovered to return to his 
distant home. The Committee saw that he was ^^sited by sympa- 
thizing comrades and that flowers w^re placed in his sick-room. For- 
tunately his wife was with him and she, too, received our attention 
and sympathy, and at our request many ladies of the Relief Corps 
called and did all they could to brighten the sick-room and render 
assistance. They both felt and expressed their high appreciation 
of the thoughtful hospitality of Massachusetts comrades and the 
women of the Relief Corps. 

It was impossible for our Commander-in-Chief, General Black, 
to take the regular automobile ride to Concord and Lexington, and 
he expressed great disappointment because he lost this experience. 
Consequently the Committee requested Comrades J. E. Oilman and 
E. B. Stillings to arrange for automobiles and to take the General, 
his wife and party, the day after the Encampment closed, to those 
historic towns, greatly to the delight of the Commander and his friends. 

We claim that the milhon men, women and children w^ho lined 
the streets of Boston and occupied every available window facing 
the route of the parade w'ere members of the Reception Committee, 
as they certainly were most patriotic in their expressions of welcome 
to the visiting comrades, and were without exception polite, patient 
and most hospitable in their reception and treatment of our guests, 
the old Union soldiers w'ho fought the battles of the War of the Re- 
bellion, and saved our country from dismemberment and ruin. 

WiLMON W. BlACKMAR, 

Chainnan. 
"Receptions" cost $1,049.74. 

REUNIONS. 

No feature of (irand Army Encampments affords the veteran 
himself more enjoyment than the getting together of the survivors 
of the various organizations in whose story in the days of old he had 
a part. Though sometimes he may miss thereby some of the nomi- 
nally more weighty affairs of the assembly he does not care, for has 
he not had a chance to meet "Bill" and "Joe" and a host of others, 



166 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

besides the calling up of memories which are dear to all? That the 
"old boys" might have every facility in this regard a committee 
was appointed to secure places for them to touch elbows, grasp the 
hand and again identify the exact day when they were "first ac- 
quaint." That prince of good fellows, Colonel J. Payson Bradley, 
had assigned to liis Committee the arranging for their reunions and 
he reports as follows : 

"We had more reunions than in 1890, and the comrades present 
reported them well attended and very interesting. For these pur- 
poses the Committee secured the following schoolhouses for their 
use, the city considerately allowing their occupation for scarcely more 
than the pay due the janitors, viz.: the English High, the Latin 
School, the Winthrop, Charles A. Perkins, Prince and Rice schools. 

"There has not been heard a single complaint; on the contrary, 
many flattering commendations have been received as to the liberal 
manner in which provision had been made for all those desiring re- 
unions, whether of company, regiment, brigade, division or army 
corps, besides finding quarters, on the day of the parade, for many of 
the Massachusetts Posts. 

"We asked for $500 to cover our possible outlays, and as our 
entire expense is inside of $200 ($192), we feel that our Committee has 
been able to give a deal of pleasure to a large number of comrades 
throughout the country at an expense which seems ridiculously 
small, but, as it was enough, there was no necessity of spending a 
single cent more. 

"All bills contracted have been approved and should be now in 
your possession. 

"I wish to speak in warm praise of our Secretary, Mr. John E. 
Oilman, Jr., who was always kind and obliging and wiUing at all 
times to do any work that was put upon him. 

"J. Payson Bradley, 

Chairman." 

The sum paid out for "Reunions" was $192.00. 



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WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS. 

THIS eminently useful and patriotic organization had its inception 
in Massachusetts, hence, in a sense, it was a real home coming for 
the good women who at 9.30 a.m. Thursday assembled in 
Tremont Temple, nearly five hundred strong, to attend to the regular 
routine of its 22d National Convention. Auxiliary to the ( Irand Army, 
it is proper that its Conventions should occur when and where the 
G.A.R. meets in yearly Encampment. 

The Convention was called to order by Mrs. Sarah D. Winans, 
National President, and the delegates rose and united in singing the 
Doxology, after which they remained standing as prayer was offered 
by Past National President Harriet J. Bodge, concluding with the 
Lord's Prayer in which the Convention joined. Soon afterwards 
Mrs. Annie M. Warne, President of the Massachusetts Department, 
was introduced as ha\'ing a message from the Mother Department 
which was to the effect that everj'^ possible preparation had been made 
to entertain, instruct and amuse the numerous delegates and visitors 
to Boston, and she ended her brief address with the presentation to 
the President of a silver spoon, sa3-ing, "It is as sterling as you have 
been and, when you go home, look at it and remember that it carries 
with it the love of the Department of Massachusetts." President 
Winans in her acceptance responded very happily. 

All past National Presidents were invited to the platform, and in 
presenting them to the Convention the President remarked: "There 
is just an even dozen of them with us today, viz.: Sarah E. Fuller, 
Elizabeth D'Arcy Kinne, Emma Stark Hampton, Margaret Ray 
Wickins, Emma R. Wallace, Lizabeth A. Turner, Agnes Hitt, Flo 
Jamison Miller, Harriet J. Bodge, Mary L. Carr, Calista Robinson 
Jones and Lodusky J. Taylor. 

It should be stated that active preparation for the coming of 
these delegates and other visitors had begun months before in the 
Mother Department and a large Executive Committee had been ap- 
pointed, of which Mrs. Mary L. Oilman was Chairman. Associated 
with her were about seventy-five ladies of the several corps in the 
Department, all as thoroughly organized and as active and industrious 
as the corresponding representatives of the Grand Army. As a token 
of the estimation set upon the Relief Corps and its labors it is not 
amiss to relate that when Boston's Superintendent of Public Grounds 
set about bedecking them with reference to the display in August 



168 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY -EIGHTH 

the very first emblem placed by him in the Public Garden was the 
badge of the Relief Corps. 

Early in the proceedings it was the jDleasure of the President 
to introduce to the Convention Clara Barton, one of the most loved 
survivors of those who toiled for the good of the soldier in the days 
of the war. She was accompanied by Mrs. John C. Black, and both 
took seats upon the platform. The report of the President and those 
of the other National officers followed, that of the Secretary, Jennie 
S. Wright, indicating that, unlike its brother organization, it was in- 
creasing in numbers while the latter was rapidly lessening. The report 
showed a net increase of 2,540 members, the total rising to 149,460 
devoted women pledged to the good of the veteran and his dependent 
family. 

Perhaps no more interesting or valuable report was had during 
the Convention than that of the National Patriotic Instructor, Kate 
E. Jones. Filling many pages of the printed proceedings, it is replete 
with instruction and suggestion as to one of the important subjects 
before our nation today, that of interesting our children in the great 
lessons of patriotism. In the hands of the Relief Corps the subject 
is well and safely placed. 

A complimentary luncheon was served by the Massachusetts 
Department in the vestry of the Park Street Church, 600 being seated 
at the tables. Mrs. Dorcas H. Lyman, Chairman of the Committee, 
with Mrs. Lue Stuart Wadsworth, Mrs. Mary A. Landt and scores of 
young women served the guests. Each voting delegate was pre- 
sented with a handsome souvenir plate. 

While the afternoon session was nominally devoted to the election 
of officers, it started off with a debate as to the propriety of holding 
an evening meeting, and, after a spirited discussion, it was decided 
to return in the evening. The afternoon work began with the pre- 
senting of flowers to the President by Hannah U. Maxon of Ohio, 
and of a pin, set with a Spanish topaz, the national color, in a gold 
rim of antique style, studded with diamonds. The presentation was 
made by Mrs. M. A. Lothrop of Rhode Island, representing six ladies 
residing in the states of California, Iowa, Ohio, Nebraska, Kentucky 
and Rhode Island. 

Just as the Convention was proceeding to ballot for President 
there came a delegation from the G.A.R., consisting of Comrades 
King of Maryland, Harris of Kansas and Wolf of Arkansas, who 
brought with them compliments and best wishes of that body. The 
voting for President resulted in the election of Mrs. Fanny E. Minot 
of New Hampshire. So many variations were there in the afternoon 



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sitting that the assembUng in the evening found still a deal of business 
to be done. The session was begun with an organ recital by Hattie L. 
Shute of the Massachusetts Department. Colonel J. Cory Winans, 
husband of the National President, was introduced and addressed the 
Convention at some length and with evident appreciation. The re- 
mainder of the evening was devoted to the reading of committee 
reports and the election of National Senior Vice-President, resulting 
in the choice of Mary N. Farr of South Dakota. 

Thursday morning found the delegates again in place listening 
to an organ recital by Hattie L. Shute and an opening prayer by 
Hannah U. Maxon of Ohio. The further election of officers and reports 
of committees followed. President F. D. Tucker, of the Iowa Memo- 
rial University, was introduced and more tokens of appreciation were 
presented to National officers. In spite of the evening session, noon 
came with the work of the Convention still unfinished, so that it was 
necessary to return in the afternoon, this being all the more irksome 
since so many preparations had been made for diversions during these 
precious hours. 

At 1.30 P.M. the industrious ladies were once more at their posts, 
but more time was given to introductions, the first one being that 
of Judge C. D. Wright, husband of the National Secretary. Just 
after the Judge retired, his wife was presented with a silver card 
receiver in token of appreciation. More voting for officers followed, 
subject to interruptions from the presentation of distinguished visitors, 
as General Ell Torrance, Past National Commander, G.A.R.; Com- 
mander-in-Chief John C. Black, Captain Wallace Foster and others, 
with the constant committee reports, of which there seemed to be 
no end. The busy Convention, with all its work done, finally ad- 
journed in time for some of the pleasures prepared for the delegates 
by the Department of Massachusetts. 



CAMP-FIRE OF THE WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS. 

HARDLY had the dust -covered veterans returned on Friday from 
their whirl to the scenes of Revolutionary days ere they were 
summoned to Mechanics Hall to listen to eloquence and again 
behold the spirited trooping of colors. No wonder that the entire 
week became almost a confused blur in the minds of some of the 
participators, so constantly had they been kept in motion since 
their arrival in what some of them facetiously denominated "Bean 
Town." It is a question whether some of them ever effectually un- 



170 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDIXGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

raveled the mazes of those busy days. Still there is no record of 
any delegate or visitor referring to so much hospitality as in the 
least overdone, but hke Oliver Twist he seemed ever ready for more. 
The newspaper account of the evening, as it appeared the day after, 
is appended: 

"The camp-fire was held in Mechanics Building under the direc- 
tion of a committee of the Woman's Relief Corps of Massachusetts. 
Members of the corps and comrades of the Grand Army filled the body 
of the hall, while balcony and gallery were crowded with the general 
public. 

"Governor Bates, members of his staff, Commander-in-Chief 
Wilmon W. Blackmar and his Adjutant General, John E. Gilman, 
Commander Lucius Field of the Department of Massachusetts, Judge 
Emmons, Miss Clara Barton, Mrs. Annie M. Warne, president of the 
Woman's Relief Corps of Massachusetts, and other prominent women 
of the relief corps were upon the platform. 

"The gathering was demonstrative, Governor Bates and General 
Blackmar being received with prolonged applause. 

"Mrs. Mar)^ L. Gilman, chairman of the committee, extended the 
welcome to the camp-fire. The band played Sousa's 'Stars and 
Stripes,' and to this marched the comrades in the ceremony of 'troop- 
ing of colors,' standards of eighty Posts being in line. Colonel J. 
Payson Bradley led the standard-bearers up the main aisle of the 
hall amid great cheering by the standing audience. In two single files 
the color-bearers ascended from either side of the stage and formed 
a double line across the front. 

"Miss Adah Campbell Hussey advanced and sang 'The Star 
Spangled Banner,' while the flags were waved about her. 

"The colors were grouped on a stand at the rear of the platform 
during the rest of the evening. 

"Governor John L. Bates was presented. He said: 

'"There has devolved upon me the past two or three days I 
thought the most delightful occupation that could come to man, that 
of welcoming men of the Grand Army from all over the Union. But 
I find a still more delightful occupation tonight, for it is my privilege 
to greet on behalf of the old Commonwealth of Massachusetts the host 
of patriotic^ and self-sacrificing women of the Woman's Relief Corps. 

"'I like this ceremony of trooping the colors. It is a pleasure 
to come here tonight and join with you in recognizing something of 
what woman did in the Rebellion. She was as ready to sacrifice as the 
men. 

"'The Ohio Senate was in session when a messenger rushed in to 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 171 

announce that a telegram had been received declaring that Fort Sum- 
ter had been fired upon. There was silence, for no one knew what 
would be the grave consequences. But suddenly there arose a 
woman's voice, "Glory to God, glory to God!" It was the voice of 
Abbie Kelly Foster of Massachusetts sitting in the gallery. The men 
did not know what to say, but she saw a new era for the Republic in 
that message. 

'"When the men of Massachusetts were attacked in the streets of 
Baltimore, who was it that first demanded admission to the police 
station to nurse the wounded men? A Massachusetts woman in the 
city would not be denied admission. 

"'You men who went to the front were ready to sacrifice your 
lives. But what of the women who cared for the dying, who gave 
their strength to nursing the wounded? What of the heartaches of 
those noble women left behind? 

"'It is impossible to measure the value of the services of woman 
throughout the conflict. 

"'I say as the man said yesterday at the State House to Miss 
Clara Barton, "God bless you; God bless you all.'" 

"The Governor was applauded vociferously as he concluded. 

"The Schubert Male Quartet sang 'Nelhe Gray.' 

" Mrs. Gilman announced that Mayor Patrick A. Collins sent his 
regrets, his physician having ordered him to rest. She presented 
Chairman William H. H. Emmons of the Police Board to speak for 
the city. 

"Judge Emmons said: 'Who wouldn't take the position of a sol- 
dier, to be presented to you by the lady who is presiding over this 
gathering? ' 

"The judge gave a short discourse on G.A.R. weather, and con- 
tinued: 'Yesterday I met two comrades from Georgia. "You have 
come a great ways." "Yes," said they, "we have come a good ways, 
but we have had a great time." That is the universal expression. 
You have worked hard and you have given us the greatest Encamp- 
ment I ever saw. This is the best one I ever attended. 

"'Today I found the first place in Boston in fifteen months that 
I could not get into. That was at Tremont Temple, at the national 
convention of the Woman's Relief Corps. I went there to present 
my respects to the ladies, but they would not let me in. 

" ' I hope you will go away with tender memories of Boston and 
the reception given you, and that you will never forget that we were 
glad to have you here. As you go to your homes we wish you to feel 
that we give you (iod-speed. 



172 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

'"There are women of the Relief Corps of world-wide fame. 1 
trust you will be spared for many years to do the grand work which 
you are doing for the soldier boys.' 

"The gathering arose and stood cheering and waving flags, as 
Mrs. Oilman escorted Miss Clara Barton to the front. Mrs. Oilman 
presented her as 'an angel of mercy sent by Providence to reheve 
suffering humanity,' and the only 'honorary member of the Woman's 
Relief Corps.' Miss Barton acknowledged the tribute with a bow. 

"Miss Ella Chamberlain whistled two solos. 

"As General Wilmon W. Blackmar, the new Commander-in- 
Chief of the O.A.R., advanced to the front every man and woman 
arose and saluted. The Oeneral was cheered lustily. He said : 

"'Surely today, if never before, the old adage has been thrown 
to the wdnds, that a prophet is not without honor save in his ovm 
country. Seldom has honor been more heartily given than that 
presented in Symphony Hall this afternoon. 

" ' I came from a meeting of our council, a council that we all are 
proud of, a council that the governor might well envy. 

" ' I am hterally talked out, but I could not resist the temptation 
to say a word in recognition of the noble work being done by the 
Woman's Relief Corps. You who are not acquainted with their work 
little know what they are doing in the little towns where there are 
small and weak Posts. Many of the members are not able to pay their 
dues. The women keep the Posts alive. They keep want from the 
door of the poor old soldiers. 

" ' It is the greatest honor in the world that has come to me today, 
Commander-in-Chief of the Orand Army of the Repubhc. It is an 
organization in wliich membership was earned years ago on bloody 
fields. We are the men who responded to the call of Lincoln, who 
fought with Grant. We are the boys, the gay old boys who fought in 
'61. Let us remain boys; let us ever be young. 

"'The welcome of these boys has been magnificent this week. 
The welcome by the state and the city was magnificent. The recep- 
tion by the people was grand; it was great. I have heard many a 
comrade say, "There is no place hke Boston, no place like Massachu- 
setts." 

" ' Let us go on strong in patriotism, strong in those qualities that 
make a nation with a capital N. Let us not carry a chip on our 
shoulders, but if trouble comes be prepared to meet it fearlessly. 
Let us remember that our emblem is an eagle, not a peacock.' 

"The quartet of Columbian Post of Chicago sang 'Where Are the 
Boys of the Old Brigade? ' 



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"A company of one hundred women in wliite from twenty-five 
relief corps performed the pretty ceremony of the salute to the flag. 
In double file formation, led by Mrs. Fanny Jones of Somerville, past 
assistant national inspector, and Mrs. Knowles, the coinmand, carry- 
ing flags, advanced up two centre aisles to the stage. There the whitc- 
gowiied color-bearers executed several evolutions, marching especiallj" 
well. 

"Mrs. Annie M. Warne, Department of the Massachusetts Wo- 
man's Relief Corps, was presented as beloved of more than 14,000 
loyal women of the state. Mrs. Warne gave cordial greeting to the 
visitors. 

"Lucius Field, Department Commander of the Massachusetts 
C.\.R., spoke briefly. 

" Mrs. Lizabeth A. Turner spoke for the national president of the 
Woman's Relief Corps, saying that the women were as loyal to the 
Grand Army as ever. 

'"I feel that we antedate the Grand Army just about six years,' 
said ]\Irs. Turner. ' When you were at the front we were at home act- 
ing as a relief corps. We have been helping you ever since, and I 
expect to do my part as long as the last comrade is alive.' 

" Mrs. Blackmar was presented. 

"General Henry B. Carrington made a speech. 

"John E. (lilman, adjutant general of the national organization, 
and Mrs. 8arah E. Fuller spoke briefly. 

"The exercises closed with 'America,' sung by the assemblage." 



LADIES OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC. 

WHILE the Grand Army and the Relief Corps were holding their 
meetings, another affihated body, the Ladies of the G.A.R., 
were also transacting their annual business. 
Lorimer Hall was profusely decorated with bunting, flags and 
flowers for the National Convention of the Ladies of the Cirand Army 
of the Republic, which opened at 10 o'clock a.m. of the 17th. 

About 300 delegates were in attendance, twenty-three Depart- 
ments being represented. The total membership of the society was 
reported as about 32,000. Mrs. Belinda S. Bailey of San Francisco, 
National President, presided. 

The business of the Convention opened with the roll-call of officers, 
the Department Presidents being invited to take seats upon the 
platform. The report of Committee on Credentials was followed 



174 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

by the roll-call of membership. Then came the seating of delegates, 
priority being given to New Jersey. 

The Department President from Kentucky brought a nine- 
months' old daughter, named Beatrice Brile, who, it is claimed, is the 
youngest and most popular member of the Convention. 

After the appointment of committees came the President's ad- 
dress by Mrs. Bailey. Mrs. Bailey stated that the past year was one 
of much activity in her official capacity. "Our territory," she said, 
"is now so vast that each succeeding president can but supplement 
the efforts of previous years. It was my desire to strengthen the 
weaker departments. It seems to me that our greatest need at the 
present time is systematic organized work. If we could form four or 
more grand divisions and if a competent organizer could be sent to 
each of them, many circles could be successfully launched in the 
various departments." 

A recess was then taken until the afternoon session, which was 
devoted to the reading of reports from Department Conventions, 
corresponding secretaries and committees. 

The morning session was called to order at 10 o'clock, Mrs. 
Belinda S. Bailey, National President, in the chair. The delegates 
from California presented a beautiful diamond ring, valued at $200, 
to the retiring President, Mrs. Bailey. 

Diamond rings were also presented to the National Secretary, 
Mrs. Krebs, and to the National Chaplain, Mrs. Jennie Varney of Min- 
nesota. The gift to Mrs. Varney was presented by friends from her 
own state. 

After a very lively contest, Mrs. Mary T. Hager of Chicago, Illi- 
nois Department President, was elected National President of the 
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic. 

Reports from the departments were read which showed that Min- 
nesota leads in adding new circles. It was stated that the work of 
establishing homes for veterans and their wives was progressing be- 
yond all expectation, and that Minnesota, California and Pennsyl- 
vania lead in this work. 

At the afternoon session Mrs. Emma Pierce of Springfield, Mass., 
was elected Senior Vice-President. 

The Massachusetts Department of the Ladies of the G.A.R. and 
the officers of the National organization tendered a public reception in 
Lorimer Hall, Wednesday evening. 

Those in line were Mrs. Jennie S. Ferguson, Department Presi- 
dent ; Mrs. H. Maria Ward of Salem, Senior Vice-President ; Mrs. Austin 
Quinby of Salem, Junior Vice-President ; Miss Sadie Caverley of Chelms- 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 175 

ford, Secretary; Mrs. Martha Gilmore of Lynn, Treasurer; Mrs. Addie 
Stevens of Athol, Corresponding Secretary; Mrs. Hannah Dixon of 
Lynn, Assistant Corresponding Secretary, and Mrs. Lena Palmer of 
Haverhill, Chaplain. 

The Department officers were assisted in receiving by the National 
officers, as follows: Mrs. Belinda S. Bailey, San Francisco, President; 
Mrs. Ruth E. Foote, Denver, Senior Vice-President; Mrs. Emma E. 
Pierce, Springfield, Junior Vice-President; Mrs. Abbie E. Krebs, San 
Francisco, Secretary; Mrs. Julia M. Gordon, Topeka, Treasurer; Mrs. 
Jeiniie Varney, Minneapolis, Chaplain; Mrs. Annie Michener, Pitts- 
burg, National Inspector; Mrs. M. Anna Hall, Wheeling, Counselor; 
Harmah M. Chamberlain, Albany, Mrs. Mary T. Hager, Chicago, and 
Miss Ruth Hall, Wheeling, National Council of Administration, and 
Mrs. Lucy Lehman, Boston, Chairman Press Committee. 

A delightful entertainment was given which included songs by 
Mrs. Nerod Johnson of Lowell and William Bador, and fancy dances 
by Miss Mabel Patton and Miss lona Stillings. 

A letter of regret from Mayor Collins because of inability to attend 
the reception was read by Mrs. Ferguson. 

Refreshments were served under the direction of Mrs. Louise 
Downs. 

The ushers were Mrs. Emily J. Sargent of Lawrence, Mrs. Lizzie 
Hinckley of Everett, Miss I\Iaud Rundlett of Lowell, and Miss Maud R. 
Plumstead of Lowell. 



SONS OF VETERANS. 

LITTLE business was transacted Wednesday at the Twenty-third 
Annual Encampment of the Sons of Veterans in Faneuil Hall. 
After a very brief session the Encampment adjourned to meet 
the next morning in Isaac B. Rich Hall, Ashburton Place. 

In opening the Convention, Commander-in-Chief Arthur B. Spink 
introduced Division Commander Harry M. Holbrook of Massachu- 
setts, who gave a brief address of welcome on behalf of the Massa- 
chusetts Division, S. of V. 

After the appointment of the various Convention committees, 
the Encampment adjourned on account of the large number of visitors 
who wished to inspect the ancient building. 

The membership of the Convention includes about six hundred 
officers and delegates from Alabama, Tennessee, California, Colorado, 



176 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

Wyoming, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, 
Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ne- 
braska, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode 
Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia and 
Wisconsin. 

In the afternoon the Massachusetts Division, S. of V., entertained 
the Commander-in-Chief and seven hundred or more invited guests, 
state and national, of the S. of V., Ladies' Aid Society and Daughters 
of Veterans, with a sail down the harbor on the steamer Governor 
Andrew. 

The party left Rowe's Wharf at 2, and after a cruise around the 
battleships in the upper harbor proceeded down the bay. 

At Nantasket an elaborate shore dinner was served under the 
supervision of an efficient committee headed by Past Division Com- 
mander William A. Stevens. After dinner the time until 8 was 
passed in the enjoyment of a fine concert by the letter carriers' band, 
which accompanied the party, after which the return trip was made 
to the city. 

The second day of the Encampment of the Sons of Veterans 
opened Thursday morning at Isaac Rich Hall. Commander-in-Chief 
Spink presided and reviewed the past year's history of the organiza- 
tion. 

In referring to the G.A.R. he referred the members to the letter 
which had been received from General John C. Black, Commander-in- 
Chief of that Order, who spoke of the Sons in most eloquent terms. 

He called attention to the lack of interest shown by members 
in the auxiliary, the Ladies' Aid Society. Wherever this organization 
exists will be found camps of Sons of Veterans which are in a flour- 
ishing condition, and he suggested that division commanders request 
their several camp commanders to at once take steps toward the 
formation of a Ladies' Aid Society in their localities. 

A total of thirteen camps and 27,229 members at the end of 
the June quarter shows a net gain during this administration of 
66 camps and 1,968 members. 

The greetings of the Daughters of Veterans were brought to the 
Encampment by Miss A. W. Keenan, Miss Hoover and Miss French, 
and a delegation from the Army Nurses' Association, including 
Annabelle Stebbs of Philadelphia, Mrs. H. R. Sharpless of Philadel- 
phia and Mrs. Stewart of Gettysburg, who brought the greetings of 
their society. 

Immediately after the opening afternoon session the S. of V. 
Memorial University Male Quartet, comprising C. B. Higgins, first 



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tenor, G. A. Lj^on, second tenor, B. A. Wallace, first bass, W. F. 
Muse, second bass, of Mason City, la., sang several appropriate 
selections, which were received with enthusiasm and a rising vote of 
thanks. 

Past Commander-in-Chief Ell Torrance of the G.A.R. of Minneap- 
olis, and Dr. F. D. Tucker, President of the S. of V. Memorial Uni- 
versity, made a fraternal visit to the Convention under the escort 
of Past Di\-ision Commander George W. Knowlton of Massachusetts 
and Michael Crowley of New Hampshire. Both visitors spoke en- 
couragingly of the progress made by the University at Mason City, 
la. Commander Malcolm D. Rudd of Connecticut responded to the 
greeting. 

The color line in the Order was vigorous!}^ discussed and em- 
phatically voted dowai. 

A feature of the Encampment was the presentation of a ga^'el 
made from wood taken from the White House, the gift being made 
by the Past Di^'ision Commander of Maryland. 

In the evening the Massachusetts Division and the Ladies' Aid 
Societies auxiliary to the S. of V. tendered the state and national 
officers, delegates and invited guests a reception in the parlors of the 
Revere House. 

Mrs. Hallie E. Whitney of Lowell, President of the Di\'ision 
L.A.S., assisted by a committee of members of the Order, welcomed 
the guests, including Miss Addie M. Wallace, National President, and 
other officials of the L.A.S,, Commander-in-Chief Arthur B, Spink 
and members of his official staff, and others. 

The election of officers by the Sons of Veterans in Isaac Rich Hall, 
Ashburton Place, Friday, resulted as follows : 

Commander-in-Chief, William G. Dustin of Dwight, 111.; Senior 
Vice-Commander, George F. Geiss of San Francisco; Junior Vice- 
Commander, L. W. Friedman of Birmingham, Ala.; Quartermaster 
General, Fred E. Bolton of Boston; Council-in-Chief, William R. 
Congdon of Providence, the retiring Adjutant General, Chairman, 
H. V. Speelman of Cincinnati, and Newton J. McGuire of Indian- 
apolis. 

The Convention selected Gettysburg, Pa., as the Convention city 
for next year. 



178 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 



DAUGHTERS OF VETERANS. 

ONE of the affiliated bodies held in high esteem by the Grand 
Army is that composed of their daughters who are intent on 
doing philanthropic work for their fathers. Their National 
organization also held its annual meeting in Boston this week. As a 
preliminary to the report of the Convention itself the follo-«ing from 
a Boston paper of the 16th tells an interesting story: 

"There were many callers at the headquarters of the Massachu- 
setts Department Daughters of Veterans in the Holland, Common- 
wealth Avenue and Berkeley Street, this morning. Department Presi- 
dent Miss M. Althea Field, daughter of the present Commander of the 
Massachusetts Department, G.A.R., and her corps of aides received. 
Among the callers were the officers of the National Society, Sons of 
Veterans, the Grand Army of the Republic and the Woman's Relief 
Corps. On exhibition in the rooms of the Massachusetts Department 
is the beautiful and costly banner that will be presented by Colonel 
George W. Nason to the Tent of the Daughters of Veterans in this 
Department which secures the greatest gain in membership before 
the annual Encampment of 1905. The banner is in charge of a special 
committee from Mrs. C'corge 0. Brastow Tent 12, D. of V., of Som- 
erville, of which Mrs. Carrie A. Sanborn is chairman. Since the 
announcement regarding this banner was made the members of the 
Tents all over the state have begun to take a hvely interest in the 
work of recruiting. In every city and town in the state are thousands 
of eligibles who will be called upon and in\dted to join. ' Massachu- 
setts is in the front rank and proposes to stay there,' said one of the 
Department officers this morning." 

Tuesday evening the National Department held a reception at 
the Vendome Headquarters, which was largely attended. Prominent 
in the receiving line was the most noted of American women. Miss 
Clara Barton. After the reception came dancing till a late hour. 

Wednesday morning in Chipman Hall began the Fourteenth 
Annual Convention of the Order, Carrie A. Westbrook of Binghamton, 
N.Y., National President, presiding. There were present, entitled 
to vote, fifty delegates. The morning session was devoted to the 
reading of reports and the reception of visitors. At noon a lunch 
was served in the State House restaurant, a comphment from the 
Massachusetts Department to the visitors. As an invitation to ac- 
company the Sons of Veterans on an excursion down the harbor in 



It 



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the afternoon had been accepted, there was no afternoon session. 
[For the excursion, see the report of the S. of V.] 

Thursday morning at 9.40 came the second meeting of the dele- 
gates. Again reports were in order, that of the Secretary showing 
five departments, forty-two Tents and 1,516 members; Massachusetts 
being in the lead with fourteen Tents and 608 members, Ohio being 
a close second. Then came visits from President Tucker of the 
Memorial University and representatives of the army nurses. An 
interruption came when the Convention yielded to the recjuest of a 
photographer and posed before a camera, thus passing the ladies 
along to posterity in a pictorial fashion. 

The beginning of Thursday's aftei'noon session was delayed 
through the appearance of a deputy sheriff who served a "writ" 
upon the President at the instance of an aggrieved party who claimed 
to have suffered from some ruling of the officer. There was a halt 
till Past Commander Orra L. Stone, Massachusetts Department Sons 
of Veterans, came in and advised the Daughters to proceed as though 
nothing had happened. At 3.15 business was again resumed, nomi- 
nation of officers coming first, then the report of the Visiting Committee. 
It being impossible to complete the work at this session, an adjourn- 
ment was takeii to Friday morning, when at 8.20 business was in order. 
First a very pleasing address was heard from ( Jeneral John W. Kim- 
ball, ex-State Auditor of Massachusetts. Then came resolutions and 
recommendations, and as one result the office of Patriot • Instructor 
was instituted and Massachusetts Department Treasure!- Mrs. Etta 
S. Paine of Somerville was elected. Also it was voted to have a 
Judge Advocate, the same to be a comrade of the (Jrand Army or a 
brother of the Sons of Veterans. Finally came the election of officers, 
and the National Presidency went to Massachusetts in the person of 
Mrs. Ida E. Warren of Tent No. .3, Worcester. A pleasing incident, 
near the close, was the presentation to the outgoing President, by the 
incoming officer, of a diamond ring, a token of appreciation from her 
associate daughters. Each delegate carried away quite a library 
of souvenirs in the shape of a " Story of Boston " from the Grand Army, 
souvenir of Worcester from Tent No. 3, memoranda books from 
Past Department President Mrs. York, souvenir cards, etc. Witl) 
the fitting hymn, "Blest be the tie that binds," the Convention came 
to an end at 4 o'clock p.m., a long and laborious meeting. 



180 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 



ARMY NURSES' RECEPTION. 



ONE of the impressive features of the week was the pubUc recep- 
tion given by the Massachusetts Army Nurses' Association at 
the State House Wednesday afternoon. The presence of eighty 
of these former nurses, whose heroic devotion to the sick and wounded 
soldiers of the Civil War won for them the name of "the angels of 
mercy of '61," was in itself sufficient to give distinction to the occasion. 

That the reception occurred in Memorial Hall, where the stacked 
battle-flags were vivid reminders of the tragic period between '61 and 
'65, was an evidence that Governor Bates and the State House authori- 
ties were glad of an opportunity to add a semi-official setting to the 
affair, this being the first reception that has ever been held in Memorial 
Hall. 

It was largely due to the efforts of Mrs. Micah Dyer and Mrs. 
Fannie T. Hazen, President of the Massachusetts Army Nurses' Associa- 
tion and President-elect of the National organization, that Governor 
Bates yielded his consent to the use of Memorial Hall for this purpose. 

The army nurses, each an historic character in herself, have 
assembled from all parts of the country to attend the National En- 
campment of the G.A.R. For many of them this will probably be 
their last Encampment. 

It was a touching picture which these women presented as the 
public, by thousands, greeted them. Seated in a circle about Memo- 
rial Hall, they received the throngs of men, women and children whose 
presence there testified that Massachusetts had not forgotten them. 

As the callers entered Memorial Hall they were led to Governor 
and Mrs. Bates, who were the first to greet the army nurses. The 
Governor was attended by Lieutenant Governor Guild, who escorted 
Mrs. M. E. Dinsmore, and by uniformed members of his staff, includ- 
ing Colonel William C. Cappelle, Colonel John Perrins, Colonel E. J. 
Gihon and Major William M. Clark. 

Following Governor Bates's party was a group of forty nurses of 
the Spanish War, who were led by Dr. Laura A. C. Hughes, President 
of the Spanish War Nurses Association. Other nurses who were pres- 
ent were those from the training schools of the Massachusetts General 
and the Boston City hospitals, and from the training department of 
the Charlestown High School. 

Another organization to greet the veteran nurses of the Civil War i 

was the Children of the Revolution, led by Mrs. Henry G. Weston. J 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 181 

Others to extend greetings were Mrs. Sprague, a sister of General 
Miles, and Mrs. Austin C. Wellington. 

Prominent among the army nurses was Mrs. Addie L. Ballou of 
San Francisco, President of the National organization. At her left 
was seated Miss Clara Barton, the organizer of the Red Cross Society 
in the United States, while at her right sat Mrs. Fannie T. liazen of 
Cambridge, the President-elect of the association. Mrs. John C. Black, 
wife of Commander-in-Chief Black, was another prominent person 
present. A feature of the afternoon was the rendering of an original 
poem by Miss Frances Bartlett. 

On a table were 100 bouquets of choice flowers, which were sent 
by Mrs. Thomas W. Lawson, to be presented to the army nurses. 
After the reception the bouquets were distributed by Miss Jennie E. 
Moseley and Mrs. L. T. Nutting. 



GRANDCHILDREN OF VETERANS. 

THE Society of Grandchildren of Veterans of the Civil War, which 
had lately been organized by Mrs. Elida R. Fowle of Dorchester, 
held its first meeting in Tremont Temple Thursday afternoon. 

The society was organized Avith thirty-five charter members, 
there being nine present at the meeting. The youngest member, who 
is baby Laura W. Haddock, four months old on this occasion, was in 
attendance with patriotic relatives. In view of the probability that 
she was the youngest patriot who had actively participated in the 
celebration of EncamjDment week, she was the chief object of interest 
at the meeting. 

Mrs. Fowle presided, and at the same time held the baby. She 
told patriotic stories to the children, who were greatly interested. She 
explained to the boys and girls the purpose of the society, which is 
to encourage among children the love of country, veneration for the 
flag and what it has cost, and to keep alive the memorj^ of the many 
thousands of patriots who laid down their lives in support of their 
convictions of duty. She also affirmed that the society would strive 
to blend in its ranks the grandchildren, not only of Northern veterans, 
but of those who fought for the Confederate cause. 

Letters were read from Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, General O. O. 
Howard and others. Mrs. Marion A. MacBride acted as Secretary. 

Then the children gave the salute to the flag. Standing at one 
of the windows which overlook School Street they descried the flag 
flying from City Hall. They chose it from among others as the one 



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to receive their tribute. It was their first salute to the national ensign, 
and they performed it with patriotic fervor. 

Then the children went in a body to visit the Army Nurses, who 
were in session. Mrs. Fannie T. Hazen, the President, had just been 
inducted into office, and the children's society was the first one to 
greet her in her new position. 

It is doubtful if these old nurses enjoyed anything more while 
they were in Boston than they did baby Laura, who was duly 
kissed by each nurse and who, in return, cooed her acknowl- 
edgment. 

Mrs. Fowle gave a brief address, in which she explained to the 
nurses the object of the children's association. 



LADIES' AID SOCIETY. 

THERE were present 140 delegates from all parts of the United 
States at the Eighteenth Annual Convention of the Ladies' Aid 
Society, an auxiliary to the Sons of Veterans, in Gilbert Hall 
on Wednesday. It was the largest Convention ever held by the 
society and much enthusiasm was shown. 

The Convention was opened by Miss Addie Wallace of Indianapolis, 
the President, who congratulated the organization on its excellent 
financial condition, and also on its bright prospects for the future. 

Mrs. Hattie E. Whitney of Lowell, Division President, extended 
the greetings of Massachusetts. She was responded to by the National 
Vice-President, Mrs. J. W. Moi'gan of Waverley, N.Y. 

The report of the Treasurer showed that there is a balance in 
the treasury of $1,500. 

A delightful feature of the Encampment was a serenade which 
was tendered the delegates in honor of the President, Mrs. Wallace of 
Indianapolis, by the Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home 
band of Knightstown, Ind. The band is composed of orphan boys 
of Union soldiers and sailors of the Civil War. There are thirty-six 
pieces. The selections which the youthful musicians rendered were 
patriotic airs, and they were warmly applauded. 

At the close of the serenade a collection amounting to $20 was 
taken up for the boys for spending money during the rest of their 
stay in Boston. 

Mrs. Lida Miller of New York, Past National President, expressed 
a sentiment which met with hearty response when she said that every 
state in the Union that is without a home for the orphans of soldiers 



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and sailors of the Civil War ought to support such an institution. She 
added that she intended to make it her purpose to have every state 
found a home similar to the one in Indiana. 

In the afternoon the delegates accompanied the Sons of \'eterans 
on a trip down the harbor. 

The society met in Ciilbert Hall, Tremont Temple, Thursday 
morning, Miss Addie M. Wallace of Indiana presiding. 

Reports from nearly every state in the Union representing the 
different divisions were read. 

The President, Miss Wallace, presented to the meeting two Past 
National Presidents, Mrs. Lida Tolman Miller of Rochester, N.Y., and 
Mrs. E. H. R. Davis of Washington, D.C. 

In the afternoon the delegates visited the Soldiers' Home and 
the Na\y Yard. In the evening they attended the reception at the 
Revere House. 

At the final meeting, Friday morning, took place the election of 
officers, besides the important fact that the name of the Order was 
changed to Sons of Veterans Auxiliary, a position held by the organi- 
zation from the start. As President there was elected Mrs. Kate 
E. Hardcastle of Philadelphia. The new President is a Lady of the 
G.A.R., of which body she has been President and Secretary. Mrs. 
Stella W. Richards of Weymouth Heights, Mass., was elected Vice- 
President. 



NAVAL VETERANS 

PRISONERS OF WAR 

AND OTHER 

ORGANIZATIONS 



PARADE OF 

NAVAL VETERANS, PRISONERS OF WAR, AND 

OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. 



M 



OXDAY dawned bright arid fair and many an eye shone 
at thought of the naval display so soon to follow. Where 
could such a parade come better than through the streets 
of Boston that once heard the guns of the Chesapeake 
when she answered the challenge of the Shannon? The "Don't give 
up the ship" of brave LawTence, for all the intervening years, had 
been an inspiration for patriots everywhere, and in yonder harbor 
on a bright Sunday morning in 1812 the unexpected presence of 
"Old Ironsides" had revived the drooping spirits of Americans with 
her story of the Guerriere captured and destroyed. There is surely 
no better place for a parade of naval heroes than Boston, and the 
good city was about to witness as fine a display of the brave men 
who go down to the sea in ships as even she had ever seen. The 
following account, taken from a public print, was submitted by the 
participants as their approved story of 

THE NAVAL PARADE. 

GREAT enthusiasm was manifest over the entire route, Uncle 
Sam's marines and the jack tars vying with each other in 
recognition by the spectators. And the naval heroes of bygone 
dajs were not overlooked by the large crowds, either. The Kear- 
sarge Naval Veteran Association, composed largely of well-known 
Bostonians, with Admiral Andrew Houghton at its head, received a 
goodly share of the applause and the attention of the spectators. 
The little band of twenty-one Mexican War veterans, the youngest of 
whom was seventy-three years of age and the oldest eighty-four, were 
not forgotten as they rode along in tallyho coaches with (ieneral 
Samuel E. Chamberlain at their head. In the procession were also 
the Massachusetts Naval Brigade, the Sons of Veterans and Spanish 
War Veterans, and they also came in for more or less attention. 

With Captain John Read of Cambridge, late of the United States 
Navy, at the head of the procession as chief marshal, the event could 
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188 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

that the procession would start promptly at the noon hour and he 
kept his word. The headquarters of the chief marshal and his staff 
was at the corner of Arlington and Beacon streets, and the bodies 
participating in the parade formed on the adjoining thoroughfares. 
When the command to move was given the procession passed over 
the following route: Arlington, Beacon, Charles, Boylston and Tre- 
mont streets. Temple place, Washington, Summer,. High, Federal, 
Milk, Broad, State, Washington, School and Beacon streets, disbanding 
at Charles Street. 

At City Hall the paraders were reviewed by Mayor Collins, at the 
State House by Governor Bates and by the chief marshal and staff 
at the foot of Beacon Street. 

The roster of the parade was as follows: 

Platoon of Mounted Police. 

Captain John Read, U.S.N., Chief Marshal. 

Lieutenant Arthur B. Denny, U.S.M.C, Chief of Staff. 

Staff. 

Marine Band of the CharlestowTi Navy Yard. 

U.S. Marines from the Na\'y Yard. 



U.S. NAVAL BRIGADE FROM WARSHIPS AND NAVY YARD. 

Commander T. E. D. W. Veeder, U.S.N., commanding U.S.S. Hartford, 

Brigade Commander. 
Staff. Lieutenant F. E. Ridgly, Brigade Adjutant; Lieutenant W. S. 

Crosley, Aide. 
Brigade Staff. Surgeon A. M. D. McCormick, Brigade Medical Officer; 
Lieutenant M. M. Taylor, Brigade Quartermaster; Paymaster T. W. 
Leutze, Brigade Commissary; Lieutenant A. S. Smith, Brigade Ord- 
nance Officer; Ensign A. P. Fairfield, Brigade Signal Officer. 
Band, U.S.S. Hartford. 

Battalion of midshipmen from U.S. Naval Academy, now on U.S. battle- 
ship Massachusetts and U.S.S. Hartford, Lieutenant H. J. Ziegemier 
of the Hartford commanding. 

First Company, Midshipman Gerald Hawes commanding. 
Second Company, Midshipman R. E. IngersoU commanding, with 

battalion colors. 

Third Company, Midshipman O. L. Cox commanding. 

Fourth Company, Midshipman I. F. Dortch commanding. 

Band U.S.S. Columbia. 

First Battalion from the Columbia, Lieutenant Commander J. P. Parker 
Battalion Commander; Lieutenant D. V. H. Allen, Adjutant. 



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NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 189 

Battalion Staff. Assistant Surgeon J. D. Manchester, Medical Officer; 
Assistant Paymaster G. M. Adee, Commissary; Acting Gunner U. G. 
Chipman, Signal Officer, 
first Company Marines from Columbia and Des Moines, First Lieutenant 

H. D. F. Long commanding. 

Second Company Bluejackets, Lieutenant V. A. Kimberley commanding. 

Third Company Bluejackets, Lieutenant H. L. Brinser commanding. 

Fourth Company Bluejackets, Lieutenant J. T. Bowers commanding. 

Second Battalion from U.S.S. Massachusetts and Des Moines, Lieutenant 

Commander E. Lloyd, Battalion Commander; Midshipman H. H. 

Michael, Adjutant; Assistant Surgeon S. L. Scott, Medical Officer; 

Assistant Paymaster W. L. F. Simonpietri, Commissary. 

First Company Bluejackets, Lieutenant V. S. Houston commanding. 

Second Company Bluejackets, Ensign R. T. Menner commanding. 

Third Company Bluejackets, Ensign L. J. Wallace commanding. 

Fourth Company Bluejackets, Ensign W. N. Jeffers commanding. 

Third Battahon from U.S.S. Prairie. 

(Color Battalion.) 

Band, U.S.S. Prairie. 

Lieutenant Commander G. R. Clark, Battalion Conmiander. 

Midshipman D. B. Craig of the Des Moines, Adjutant; Assistant Surgeon 

W. S. Pugh, Jr., Medical Officer; Assistant Paymaster H. I. McCrea, 

Commissary; Acting Boatswain F. Miller, Signal Officer. 

First Company Bluejackets, Lieutenant E. H. Waston commanding. 

Second Company Bluejackets, Lieutenant E. H. Dimn commanding. 

Third Company Bluejackets, Lieutenant L. C. Richardson commanding. 

Fourth Company Bluejackets, Lieutenant O. S. Knepper commanding. 

Fourth Battalion from U.S.F.S. Minneapolis and Hartford. 

Lieutenant Commander J. A. Hoogewerff, Battalion Commander. 

Midshipman L. C. Farley, Adjutant; Assistant Surgeon I. S. K. Rees, 

Medical Officer; Paymaster H. P. Ash, Commissary. 

First Company Marines from Minneapolis and Prairie, First Lieutenant 

W. Brackett commanding. 

Second Company Bluejackets, Lieutenant D. E. Theleen commanding. 

Third Company Bluejackets, Lieutenant C. E. Courtney commanding. 

Fourth Company Bluejackets, Lieutenant J. F. Hellweg commanding. 

Fifth Company, Lieutenant A. T. Graham commanding. 



FIFTH BATTALION, FKOM U.S. NAVAL STATION, BOSTON. 

Lieutenant F. A. Traut, Battalion Commander. 

First Company Marines, Captain G. C. Reid commanding. 

Second Company Marines, First Lieutenant W. W. Low commanding. 

Third Company Bluejackets, Midshipman C. C. Soule commanding. 

Fourth Company Bluejackets, Midshipman R. A. Dawes commanding. 

Honorary Guests. 



190 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

Each battalion of the men was accompanied by the regular detail of 
signalmen and hospital corps, and each battahon commander had 
a bugler and orderly. 

NAVAL BRIGADE, M.V.M. 

Naval Brigade Band, 40 pieces. 
Lieutenant E. Clarke, leader. 
Captain George R. H. Buffinton, Chief of Brigade. 
Lieutenant Commanders William B. Edgar and James H. Diilaway, Jr. 
Staff. Adjutant, Lieutenant Guilford C. Hathaway; Ordnance Officer, 
Lieutenant James P. Parker; Equipment Officer, Lieutenant Herbert 
C. Talbot; Paymaster, Lieutenant James Marshall; Assistant Pay- 
master, Lieutenant Thomas S. Prouty; Surgeon, Lieutenant Com- 
mander S. Virgil Merritt; Engineer, Lieutenant Thomas R. Armstrong; 
Assistant Siu-geons, Lieutenant David G. Eldridge, Dennis F. Sughrue 
and Orland R. Blair; Signal Officer, Lieutenant (J.G.) G. L. Atwood. 
First Battalion. 
Lieutenant Commander WUliam B. Edgar commanding. 
Company I, Fall River — Lieutenant William M. Olding commanding. 

Lieutenant (J.G.) IVIiner W. Wilcox. 
Company F, Fall River — Lieutenant Milton I. Deane commanding. 

Lieutenant (J.G.) John T. Nelson, Ensign J. M. Young. 
Company G, New Bedford — Lieutenant Edward E. Baudoin command- 
ing, Lieutenant (J.G.) Harold S. Bouvie, Ensign Bryant S. Brownell. 
Company H, Springfield — Lieutenant James M. Ropes commanding. 
Lieutenant (J.G.) George F. Adams, Ensign A. T. Wright. 

Second Battalion. 
Lieutenant Commander James H. Diilaway, Jr., commanding. 
Company A, Boston — Lieutenant Dennis F. Sughrue commanding. Lieu- 
tenant (J.G.) Bradford H. Pierce, Ensign George C. Fisher. 
Company B, Boston — Lieutenant Daniel M. Goodridge commanding, 

Lieutenant (J.G.) Dudley M. Pray, Ensign Benjamin A. Hodgdon. 
Company C, Boston — Lieutenant Louis A. Felton commanding. Lieuten- 
ant (J.G.) WiUiam A. Lewis, Ensign Edwin A. Stowe. 
Company E, Lynn — Lieutenant Fred H. Turnbull commanding. Ensign 
Ernest R. Peale. 

ASSOCIATION OF EX-PRISONERS OF WAR, 1861 TO 1865. 

Colonel J. D. Walker, commanding. 

John A. Fairman, Chief of Staff. 
Major Charles G. Davis, Chief Aide. 
Staff. Stephen M. Long, Adjutant General; WiUiam Kelly, National 
Vice-Commander; Rev. John S. Ferguson, National Chaplain; Aaron 
T. Bliss, O. A. Parsons, Charles F. Sheriff, Ex-Committee. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G, A. R. 191 

KEARSARGE NAVAL VETERAN ASSOCIATION OF BOSTON. 

Admiral Andrew Houghton commanding. 

MEXICAN WAR VETERANS. 

Twenty-one comrades in tallyho coaches. 

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NAVAL VETERANS. 

Commodore W. Karsner commanding. 
Staff. Robert A. McLane, Fleet Captain and Chief of Staff; John'^W. 
Prout, Fleet Commander; Captain Isaac D. Baker,'': Paymaster; 
Hugh T. Madden, Fleet Lieutenant Commander; Andrew S. Burt, 
Fleet Lieutenant; A. S. McWilliams, Fleet Chaplain; Edwin S. Kelly, 
Boatswain; Cyrus Sears, Past Rear Admiral. 

ESSEX NAVAL VETERANS. 

Captain Austin Quinby commanding. 
Staff. John C. Grover, Secretary; Daniel D. Stevens, Paymaster; Alonzo 
M. Neal, Lieutenant Commander; Nicholas McGrane, Officer of the 
Deck; Edmund A. Brown, Chaplain; Thomas S. B. Swasey, Lieuten- 
ant; James Wilkins, Boatswain; Aaron Goodbread, Quartermaster 
Sergeant; John Avington. 

LEGION OF SPANISH WAR VETERANS. 

Commander-in-Chief, George H. Monks. 

Cliief of Staff, George H. Russell. 

Headquarters Staff. 

First Regiment Heavy Artillery Band, James F. Clark, Drum Major. 

FIRST DIVISION. 

Senior Vice Commander-in-Chief, Thomas L. Hayes. 
Chief of Staff, Past Adjutant General Neil F. Carroll. 

Dixnsion Staff. 

Camps 1 to 20. 

SECOND DIVISION. 

Junior Vice Commander-in-Chief, Lieutenant Edwin L. Logan. 

Chief of Staff, Assistant Adjutant General William F. Ryan. 

Division Staff. 

George J. Whitten Camp Band. 

Camps 21 to 36. 

NATIONAL SPANISH WAR VETERANS. 

Major p. J. Grady Camp of East Boston. 



192 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

SONS OF VETERANS. 

Major Dudley M. Purbeck commanding. 
Chief of Staff, Past Di\-ision Commander Daniel F. Goulding. 
Staff. Past Commanders-in-Cliief Joseph B. Maccabe, Edwin Earp, Jr., 
and Frank P. Merrill; Past Division Commanders Fred J. Bradford 
of Somerville, Captain Charles F. Sargent of Lawrence, Henry S. 
Grossman of Springfield, John H. Hinckley of Beverly, Nathan C. 
Upham of Fitchburg, William A. Stevens of Arlington Heights, 
George W. Knowlton of Boston, Albert C. Blaisdell of Lowell, Harry 
D. Sisson of Pittsfield, Orange H. Cook of Medford, Leonard C. Couch 
of Taunton, Fred E. Warner of Salem, Edward H. Lounsbury of 
Woburn, D. Murray Travis of South Framingham, and Orra L. Stone 
of Clinton; Past Division Mustering Officer George E. Hunt of Bos- 
ton, Past Chief Aide Jacob W. Powell of Clinton, Walter Penny, 
S.V.D.C, of Lynn, James T. Cummings, J.V.D.C, of Northfield, 
Captain James C. Smith of Leominster, George M. Tucker, P.S.V.D.C., 
of Medford, Francis H. Brock, P.J.V.D.C, of Athol, W. Wallace 
Gardner of Manchester, Albert E. Leighton, Wilbur L. Litchfield of 
Clinton, Frank L. ffirchgassner of Boston, Samuel A. Pickering of 
Lowell, John E. Wilcox of Chelsea and A. R. McAdam of Worcester. 
Massachusetts Camps. 
Sons of Veterans Reserves from Philadelphia. 
Brigadier General R. M. Reed commanding. 
Lieutenant George Cobb, Camp Exeter, N.H. 



"That comes from having a naval officer in command," re- 
marked a blue-coated guardian of the peace who was on duty at the 
junction of Arlington and Beacon streets, as Captain John Read 
gave the instructions for the parade to begin its Une of march. 
Exactly on the dot of twelve the chief marshal gave his orders, and 
in another instant the entire line was in motion. From the junction 
of Arlington and Beacon streets the line moved along Beacon Street 
and thence into Charles Street. There was a tremendous crowd at 
the junction of these two thoroughfares, but the mounted policemen, 
with Sergeant Guard of the Dorchester station at their head, quickly 
drove back the crowd, and opened a passage for the chief marshal, 
his chief of staff, Lieutenant Arthur B. Denny of the United States 
Navy and the band from the Charlestown Navy Yard. 

The participants in the parade began to assemble as early as 
10.30 o'clock, but the naval men did not reach the starting point 
until nearly time for the procession to begin. The detachments of 
marines and bluejackets from the warships landed at the foot of State 
Street about 10.45 o'clock, being met there by the marines and sailors 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 193 

from the na\y yard. At the junction of State Street and Atlantic 
Avenue the line was quickly formed and the line of march was 
taken for Newbury Street, where they formed, waiting for the word 
from Captain Read. The details as arranged by the chief marshal 
worked to a charm in the formation of the column. The naval brigade 
reported at 11.30 o'clock on the south side of Commonwealth Avenue. 
The Association of Union Ex-Prisoners of War, under Colonel Walker, 
the national commander, formed on the north side of the avenue, 
while the survivors of the crews who stood behind the guns in the 
momentous naval battles of the Civil War marched to Marlboro Street. 
The veterans of the Mexican War, to the number of nearly twenty, 
reported to Secretary McGlennen of their association at the bicycle 
club, Massachusetts Avenue, where they enjoyed a brief informal 
reunion and were then comfortablj^ driven in their tallj'^ho to their 
place in the line on Marlboro Street. The order of the Sons of Veterans 
and the Legion of the Spanish War were formed on the south and 
north sides, respectively, of Beacon Street, west of Arlington Street. 
The chiefs of divisions reported promptly to Captain Read, and bj' 
twelve o'clock, the hour scheduled for the starting of the long column, 
every organization was closed eri masse and ready to march. 

The picture, as the parade swung from Arlington Street into 
Beacon, looking down from the hill, was a very attractive one. All 
along the way the sidewalks were thronged, and the great grand stand 
on Boylston Street, seating more than 4,200 persons, was packed 
with an eager and enthusiastic throng of spectators, who gave the 
jackies a warm ovation. The same was true of the stands along 
Tremont Street. 

At the corner of Tremont and Boylston streets there was a tre- 
mendous crowd, although it was kept well in hand by a large number 
of policemen. The onlookers gave the paraders great applause. As 
Captain G. R. H. Buflfinton and the Massachusetts Naval Brigade 
reached stand B, on Tremont Street, the first from the corner of 
Boylston Street, there came the first halt. The stand was crowded 
with members of the fair sex and the band of the brigade took ad- 
vantage of the fact and played two tunes. The occupants of the 
stand appreciated this mark of attention on the part of the musicians 
and applauded the latter time and time again. 

The Union ex-prisoners of war, each of whom carried a little 
banner with the name of the prison upon it in which they had been 
confined, attracted considerable attention, and it was noticeable that 
some of the men carried three or more banners united in one, showing 
that they had been prisoners at Libby, Andersonville, Chancellorsville, 



194 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY -EIGHTH 

etc. Following the ex-prisoners came the Kearsarge Naval Veterans' 
Association, and as Admiral "Andy" Houghton passed over the 
route he was the constant recipient of applause, the greatest enthu- 
siasm being shown on State Street, where he is known because of his 
connection with the bank squad of the police department. 

Enthusiasm ran high through Newspaper Row and School Street. 
Every window in every building from the head of State Street to the 
foot of School and from there to Tremont was filled with people 
generous with their applause, anxious to honor, not only the veterans, 
but also the younger men who are today serving the flag. The large 
grand stand in front of City Hall was also filled and the view from 
there was excellent. Across School Street had been hung rows of 
flags, and the paraders marching under these with showers of confetti 
falling upon them made a pretty sight. 

It was just one o'clock, sharp, when the head of the column 
arrived at City Hall. There, on the reviewing stand, stood Mayor 
Collins, Chairman Doyle of the Board of Aldermen, President Dolan 
of the Common Council and other members of the City Council and 
of departments. The jackies from the warships were favorites from 
the start, and as column after column filed by, the applause drawn 
forth by their fine appearance and excellent marching was continuous. 
But if the jackies were given an ovation, it is hard to find a word that 
fittingly describes the welcome accorded the Union Ex-Prisoners of 
War. As these old veterans, each carrying a banner or banners, 
inscribed "Libby," "Andersonville," "Charleston," or the name of 
some other famous rebel prison, there was a perfect storm of applause 
which drowned the music of the bands. The veterans were pleased 
and they showed it. While some of them tried to be dignified and 
march with military step and carriage, others cast dignity to the 
winds and cheered everything in sight. In front of the mayor's 
reviewing stand hats came off and the mayor was cheered again and 
again. One marcher attracted attention to himself by doing a fancy 
step as he passed the mayor. His gray hair and whiskers indicated 
at least threescore years, but his activity gave him the appearance 
of one-third that age. 

Governor Bates reviewed the parade as it passed the State House 
from a special re\aewing stand which had been constructed in front 
of the gi-and stand, and which was adorned with tricolored bunting. 
The Governor was attended on the reviewing stand by Ex-Secretary 
of the Navy and Ex-Governor John D. Long, Lieutenant Governor 
Guild, Senator Lodge, Rear Admiral Wise, U.S.N., commanding the 
Atlantic training squadron now in Boston Harbor; Lieutenant Redd, 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 195 

U.S.N., aide to Admiral A\'isc; and Flag Lieutenant Dayton on 
Admiral Wise's staff. 

These members of the Governor's staff — all but four — also 
participated: Brigadier General Samuel Dalton, Boston, adjutant 
general; Brigadier (leneral Otis H. Marion, Boston, surgeon general; 
Brigadier General William H. Brigham, Hudson, inspector general; 
Brigadier General Frederick B. Carpenter, Boston, commissary general; 
Lieutenant Colonel William C Capelle, Boston, assistant adjutant 
general; Lieutenant Colonel Edward J. Gihon, Wakefield, assistant 
inspector general; Lieutenant Colonel (Jeorge H. Benj'on, AVatcrtown, 
assistant inspector general; Lieutenant Colonel Paul R. Hawkins, 
Springfield, assistant inspector general; Lieutenant Colonel Walter 
C. Hagar, Boston, assistant inspector general; Lieutenant Colonel 
John Perrins, Jr., Boston, assistant inspector general; Major Henry 
Hastings, Boston, aide-de-camp; Major Ainslej^ R. Hooper, Boston, 
aide-de-camp; Major William M. Clarke, Boston, aide-de-camp. The 
four who were unavoidably unable to be present were: Brigadier 
General Henry S. Dewey, Boston, judge advocate general; Colonel 
James G. White, Newton, inspector general rifle practice; Major 
Frank B. Stevens, Newton, assistant quartermaster general; and 
Major Charles Hayden, Nahant, aide-de-camp. A number of letters 
had been received at the executive department expressing regret 
at the senders' inability to accompany him upon the reviewing stand. 
Among these was Captain Albert S. Snow, U.S.N. , executive officer 
and acting commandant of the Charlestown Navy Yard, owing to the 
absence of Admiral Wilde. 

By eleven o'clock the grand stand at the State House began to 
fill up with spectators, among whom were a great many ladies. So 
intense was the heat that the members of the fair sex had to raise 
their parasols to shield themselves from the sun's rays. 

The reviewing party gathered in the State House rotunda. At 
about one o'clock word was received that the procession was approach- 
ing, and the party marched down the broad stone steps to the re\'iewing 
stand, the Governor and other distinguished members of it being com- 
pelled to raise their hats repeatedly in response to the hand-clapping 
of those on the grand stand. Governor Bates was escorted by Ad- 
jutant General Dalton, Senator Lodge by General Brigham, Ex- 
Secretary and Ex-Governor Long by General Carpenter, Lieutenant 
Governor Guild by General Marion, and Admiral Wise by Lieutenant 
Colonel Capelle. While the arrival of the parade was awaited Ex- 
Secretary Long and Admiral Wise engaged in an animated conversation. 
The full uniform of the Admiral and the light gray suit and white 



196 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

straw hat of the ex-Secretary contrasted vividly. It should be noted, 
in passing, that Admiral Wise, though a Southerner, a Virginian, is 
a Loyal Legion man and was loyal to the L'nion cause all through 
the Civil War. 

It was just 1.07 when the head of the procession reached the 
State House, hand-clapping greeting the appearance of Captain John 
Read (ex-senator), U.S.N., the chief marshal of the procession. Then 
came the six battalions of middies, 1,800 strong, with Commander 
T. E. D. W. Veeder, U.S.N., commanding U.S.S. Hartford, as brigade 
commander. The fine lines of some of the marines who were far away 
from the music, and their excellent marching, compelled applause. 

There was more hand-clapping when the Naval Brigade, with 
Captain Buffinton of Fall River as brigade commander, hove in sight. 
While they compared favorably with the marines and the middies 
of the United States forces, it must be remembered that the latter 
are not accustomed to our streets. 

The first genuine applause came with the advent of the Associa- 
tion of Ex-Prisoners of War, 1861 to 1865, Colonel J. D. Walker, 
commanding, John A. Fairman, chief of staff, and Major Charles G. 
Davis, chief aide. They carried white flags with "Libby," "Ander- 
sonville," and the names of other prisons in which they had suffered 
inscribed, appropriately enough, in black, upon them. This feature 
ehcited great applause. Some of them carried three or four of these 
flags. One one-armed old fellow waved his cap, as he hobbled along 
with the aid of a cane, and cheered vigorously. Needless to say, he 
was vigorously cheered in response. 

The Kearsarge Naval Veterans, with their flag bearing Farragut's 
familiar utterance, "D — n the torpedoes, go ahead," were vigorously 
applauded. The National Association of Naval Veterans, Commo- 
dore W. Karsner, and the Essex Naval Veterans, Captain Austin 
Quinby commanding, came next. With them were detachments from 
Philadelphia, Pittsburg and other cities. The Portsmouth Naval 
Veterans and other similar organizations presented a unique salute 
when passing the reviewing stand, by locking their arms across their 
shoulders at four abreast. They also shouted, "Companions, salute," 
and "Three cheers for the Governor." A hearty response was their 
reward. 

There was great cheering as the barges containing the crippled 
survivors of the Kearsarge and Alabama fight, off Cherbourg, France, 
passed. 

One of the most notable features was the presence of twenty-one 
Mexican War veterans, the oldest being eighty-four years of age 
and the youngest seventy-three. These veterans rode in tallyho 




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coaches. They carried a baimer on which was inscribed the date 
"1846" and "Palo Aho," "Resaca," "Buena Vista," and the names 
of other battles of the ^lexicau War. This feature was applauded. 

The Legion of Spanish War Veterans, the National Spanish War 
A'eterans and the Sons of Veterans had the left of the Une. The 
"boys" were greeted with hand-clapping. The procession was thirty- 
five minutes in passing the State House, it being 1.42 when the Gov- 
ernor and his party, which, besides those already mentioned, includ- 
ing the (iovernor's father. Rev. L. B. Bates, D.D., left the reviewing 
stand. Corporal James Tanner, former United States Commissioner 
of Pensions, and Mrs. Tanner reviewed the parade from a window 
of the Executive Council Chamber. 

The arrangements and the handling of the crowds at the State 
House were looked after by the entire messenger force of the sergeant- 
at-arms department, a detail of ten members of the state police and 
also a detail of the Boston police. Much credit is due Sergeant-at- 
Arms Remington for the way in which the matter was handled. 

Hon. John Read of Cambridge, who was chief marshal of Mon- 
day's parade, is a native of that city; was educated in its public 
schools; is a graduate of Harvard and won distinction for bravery 
as a member of the intrepid ship's comi)any of the Keokuk, which 
was riddled by balls from the guns of Fort Sumter. Much had been 
anticipated of the Keokuk, as a new experiment in the fleet of iron- 
clads of the Union Navy. For that reason she was advanced by her 
fearless commander much nearer to the fortifications of Charleston, 
S.C, than any other of the ships of Dupont's fleet. Few of her officers 
and men escaped drowning. 

Mr. Read was a member of the Cambridge Common Council in 
1880, 1881, the Board of Aldermen in 1882, 1883, and was sent to the 
Legislature in 1888 and Senate 1892, 1893. As an officer of the United 
States Navy he is a member of the Loyal Legion of the United States, 
is also a comrade of Post 56, G.A.R., of Cambridge, a member of 
Kearsarge Naval 'S'eterans and of the National Association of Ex- 
Prisoners of War. Is of the firm of William Read & Sons of this city. 

Mr. Read was an officer in the West Gulf Squadron, taking part 
in the different engagements attending the occupation of the Texas 
and Louisiana coast in 1863, 1864. He was confined in the prison 
stockade in Texas, and after exchange was attached to the sloop-of- 
war Kearsarge, but in 1865, at the close of the war, was compelled to 
resign on account of shattered health, resulting from his imprison- 
ment. Out of 110 originally taken prisoners, Mr. Read was one of 
30 who survived. 

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198 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 



EX-PRISONERS OF WAR. 

THE day was by no means done when the parade was over, for 
there were still reunions and receptions to be held, besides the 
annual gathering of the survivors of the prison pens of the South, 
hence the following account taken from the columns of the Transcript 
of August 16: 

Members of the National Association of Union Ex-Prisoners of War 
gathered in the chamber of the House of Representatives at the State 
House yesterday afternoon, for tlieir tliirty-second annual convention. 
There were about three himdred present. The session was opened with 
prayer by Rev. Albert Danker of Maiden, who is chaplain of the Massa- 
chusetts Naval Order of the United States. The commander's report 
showed the organization to be in a healthy condition. Chaplain J. S. 
Ferguson reported that forty-two members had died during the year 
and, speaking of the ex-Confederate pension matter, he said it was a 
shame and an outrage that men who ought to be recognized by the nation 
are ignored. The time has come when something must be done, and he 
suggested that the members direct their efforts to the coming Congress. 
The subject of pensioning the men brought out a lively discussion, and 
finally the Dalzell and Penrose pension bills were indorsed by the con- 
vention. The proposition for a military park in Georgia also was ap- 
proved. 

Colonel J. D. Walker of Pittsburg, Pa., was re-elected National 
Commander, and the others chosen were as follows : Senior Vice-Commander, 
John Kissane of Cincinnati, O.; Junior Vice-Commander, John L. Parker 
of Lynn; Quartermaster General, Stephen M. Long of East Orange, N.J.; 
members of the Executive Committee, Messrs. Bliss of Michigan, Davis 
of Massachusetts, Parsons of Pennsylvania and Fisher of Minnesota; 
National Historian, General Harry White; National Chaplain, Rev. J. S. 
Ferguson of Keokuk, la. Commander Walker reappointed S. M. Long 
as his adjutant general, and John F. Fairman as chief of staff. 

The Ex-Prisoners proved themselves hardy survivors for, though 
they had marched in the heat of the day and had attended their 
annual meeting in the afternoon, they were ready for the camp-fire 
which was kindled in Tremont Temple in the evening; that it was a 
spirited affair may be gathered from the abstract of the meeting as 
given in the Transcript of the next day: 

"As many as Tremont Temple w'ould hold were crowded into 
that edifice last night for the camp-fire of the Ex-Prisoners of War 
which was scheduled to begin at eight o'clock, although it was long 
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Ferguson of Iowa, who offered prayer. Captain John A. Read of 
the Navy presided and introduced as the first speaker Lieutenant 
Governor Curtis Guild, Jr., who said in part : 

"'The flash of courage that carried the yelling soldier to the 
charge was patriotic, but even more patriotic was the enduring bravery 
that through sheer force of will brought men through the horrors 
of the prison pen and sent them back to serve again under the colors 
of their country and risk again, not the quick mercy of the bullet, 
but the lingering agony of Andersonville. The brave men who, sitting 
in the prison cell, yet strove to cheer their comrades and be gay, not 
only served well in that they themselves breathed the air again be- 
neath the starr)^ flag, but, to continue the metaphor of the old war 
song, the inspiration of their cheerful endurance brought and shall 
yet bring the rallying tramp, tramp, tramp, of thousands, not in 
the war for the Union only, not even in war only, but in peace as 
well, whenever peril forces home the lesson that a republic endures, 
not by the self-seeking, but by the self-sacrifice of its citizens.' 

"He was followed by Judge W. H. H. Emmons, chairman of 
Boston's Police Commission, who had wandered into the hall and 
who told his hearers of how he was wounded and came near being 
taken prisoner in the Shenandoah campaign, Judge Emmons having 
been Assistant Adjutant (General in the Massachusetts Cavalry under 
General Sheridan. General Samuel Chamberlain, a Mexican veteran 
and a prisoner of war in the strife of '61, made a rousing speech, 
saying in part that the Mexicans were more humane and kind-hearted 
than the Southernei's, for they had no Andersonville. He said he 
could forgive but never forget the sufTerings of his comrades in that 
prison, and it is difficult in this Christian country to realize the atro- 
cities that were practised there. 

"Governor John L. Bates said in part: 'To you, remnant of the 
great host that went into the Southern prisons for conscience' sake, 
Massachusetts extends her heartiest welcome. You have lived to see 
the country for which you fought the most powerful nation in the 
world. No eye can foresee, no tongue foretell the possible greatness 
of its future; but in it all you will have a share, and generations of 
lovers of liberty still unborn shall arise up to call your memory blessed, 
because of what you and your comrades did. Welcome, patriots, to 
Massachusetts. Welcome as men who fought a good fight, as men 
who kept the faith.' 

"Others who spoke were Colonel Dana King of New Hampshire 
and Chaplain Ferguson." 

For the Ex-Prisoners of War there was paid out S770.41. 



200 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 



THE BLUE AND THE GRAY. 

THE Grand Army of Massachusetts owes not a little to E. W. 
Kinsley Post, No. 113, for the magnificent way in which it takes 
hold on great occasions and makes a stir. Its invitation to Lafay- 
ette Post of New York City, a like organization for the metropolis, was 
supplemented by one to a large number of ex-Confederates to whom it 
determined to show hospitality worthy of the most generous days of the 
South. From the manner of their escorting their visitors about the 
city and its environs, the fetes and feasts at which they were the nota- 
ble features, it would seem that the Johnnies must have gone home 
with an exalted opinion of the Yank, his abode and his manners. Of 
course they saw the naval parade Monday morning, after which 
they were hustled off to Point Shirley for a game dinner, one of the 
attractions always shown to distinguished visitors by loyal Bostonians. 
Later in Faneuil Hall came the great reception and banquet which will 
long remain a delightful memory in the minds of all who had a part. 
It was the place of all others in which to come together, after the sad 
division of war, for here was rocked the cradle in which was not alone 
the valorous North, but in spirit it contained the South and its repre- 
sentatives, all protesting against British aggression and all, in later 
years, linking its name with that of Independence Hall and Rich- 
mond's St. John's Church. It made the day long for some of the 
prominent speakers in the evening, but everybody solaced himself 
with the thought, " This comes only once in a generation." The events 
of the memorable night follow as given in the daily press : 

"Members of Edward W. Kinsley Post 113, G.A.R., and their 
Confederate guests, will ever recall with pleasure the banquet and 
reception which the former tendered to Lafayette Post 140 of New 
York at Faneuil Hall last night, and in which the gray-haired veterans 
of the South joined with the enthusiasm which indicated a renewal of 
the spirit of youth. Every speech made by the Northern men was 
full of respect for the South, and from the Southerners came words of 
intense admiration for the North. Governor Bates was present and 
extended a royal welcome to the guests. He was accompanied by 
General Black, Commander-in-Chief of the G.A.R., and he, too, made 
an eloquent and enthusiastic speech. One of the happy features of 
the evening was the presentation to the Kinsley Post by Colonel Bake- 
well on behalf of Lafayette Post of a magnificent silver loving cup 
standing ten inches high, with triple handles, which was received with 
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A, Horton made one of his bright, characteristic speeches, which was 
loudly applauded. 

"The banquet was called for six o'clock, but long before that 
hour the advance guard of the four hundred hosts and guests began 
to arrive and for some time an informal reception was held in the 
armory of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company on the floor 
above. The Confederate guests arrived just before six o'clock, es- 
corted by Edward C. Brush, who had them in personal charge while 
they are in town. 

"Commander George H. Graves of the Kinsley Post presided, and 
General Charles H. Taylor acted as toastmaster and introduced the 
speakers. In opening the after-dinner exercises, Commander Graves 
said in addressing the Southern guests: 'One of the central objects in 
inviting you to meet us here was that in case any spUnter, or trace 
of splinters, still festers in your wound, or in ours, it may be removed, 
in order that the breach of long ago may be perfectly healed; also, 
that we might push forward, in some measure, the grand work inaugu- 
rated by your Grady, your Gordon, and others, and cultivate the feel- 
ing that we are all loyal Americans, supporting the grand old flag 
which our forefathers planted, and which our children and our chil- 
dren's children will protect. We bid you thrice welcome.' 

"Commander Joseph J. Little of the Lafayette Post was then 
called upon, and in the course of his remarks related an incident to 
show that as far back as 1881 there w^as evidence of an earnest effort 
at complete reunion of ex-Confederates and Union soldiers. In that 
year the Washington Artillery of New Orleans, that had fought the 
Seventy-first New York in 1861-65, secured an invitation from their 
state and city to the Seventy -first New York to visit them, and a 
battalion of the Seventy-first w^ent to New Orleans — the first body 
of Northern troops to visit the South after the war — and were re- 
ceived with overflowing hospitality. The North, South, East and 
West stand together for patriotic instruction in the schools, and under 
the motto, 'Let us have peace.' 

"After Chaplain Horton had entertained the guests with his 
sallies of wit, General Taylor was introduced and told the gathering 
that the unique and delightful feature of the occasion was the pres- 
ence of the friends from the South, 'the men who fought us but who 
now are our fellow-citizens.' He also told several stories which put 
his hearers in the best of good humor. 

"At this point in the exercises Governor Bates arrived and was 
given a rousing welcome. The Governor, who was immediately called 
upon, told of his trip South and the pleasure with which he enjoyed 



202 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

every moment of his stay in that section. Then, speaking more 
directly to those before him, he said: 'To-night we are glad to wel- 
come in old Massachusetts these representatives of the Southern 
armies. We said at Vicksburg that Massachusetts had closed the 
book of yesterday, and that together ^Massachusetts and Mississippi, 
North and South, were united in one sentiment, and that the senti- 
ment you find written here [turning to the great picture behind], 
"Liberty and union, now and forever." Thank God we have not to 
wait until the blue and the gray are all gathered beneath the sod and 
the tomb waiting the judgment day to see the time when the glorj- of 
God comes marching on, but we can see it right here and now, when 
in this old citadel of liberty the blue and the gray break bread together 
in Faneuil Hall.' 

"Commander-in-Chief Black said, among other things: 'Arriving 
among you, while the sweet and tender words of comradesliip are still 
ringing in my ears, is indeed an event in the life of a man. This is 
certainly an incident to be en\aed in the life of any man. Faneuil 
Hall, which whatever changes may be put upon it by the loving gen- 
erations that from time to time received it from their sires, is still 
what Daniel Webster called it, "cradle of Uberty," and today, 
thirty-nine years after the cessation of hostiUties between estranged 
brethren, the hands that now rock the old cradle were once the hands 
that wore blue and gray. It may be said with all modesty by us that 
never did it witness a scene more significant of the Americanism of 
the times than that which transpires this night.' 

"General John B. Castleman was the first of the Southerners to 
be called upon, and he said it was a high honor to be asked to 
visit this historic and hospitable city. Meetings like this, he said, 
between old comrades in arms promote a common fellowship in a 
common country, and the greatest cordiality of feeUng between Fed- 
eral and Confederate soldiers. 

" Lieutenant Governor Guild said that the best result of the Span- 
ish War was not increase of territory or prestige nor the freeing of 
Cuba, nor even the crushing out of the fever scourge of the tropics. 
The best result has been that on all great questions the world has 
learned that if we went into that war the United States of America, 
we emerged from it the united state of America. 

"The last speaker was Colonel Edward S. Gay of Atlanta, Ga. 
Colonel Gay said : 

" ' I do not feel that I am asked to rejoice with you in the triumph 
of your arms in the Civil War and the defeat of the cause for which 
every true Confederate soldier was ready to sacrifice his Ufe, but we do 



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rejoice with you that the principles for which the South contended 
in the Union and out of it survived the terrible shock of war and 
apparent defeat, and today we may hold these principles in common 
as essential to perpetuity of our form of government, where the rights 
of all are guaranteed and the weakness of one becomes the strength 
of all in an "indissoluble Union of indestructible states." 

" ' Accepting in good faith the terms of surrender, the men of the 
South returned to their devastated homes, and despite the gloom of 
waste and want and poverty, they girded their loins for the confUct 
of progress and peace, and here we are, that you may rejoice with us, 
that our countrymen of the South have met, and are meeting, the 
issues of the li\'ing present in a manner worthy of their record in war.' 

"Captain Gay called attention to the great material progress in 
the South, and referred also to the fact that the sons of the South 
were not laggards in the Spanish War. In closing, he prayed that ' the 
day be not far distant when it will not be necessary to display blood- 
stained and tattered banners as evidence of greatness and glory.' 

"Other speakers were Hon. Cyrus B. Watson of Winston, N.C., 
who was given a cordial reception ; General Alfred C. Barnes of Lafay- 
ette Post ; Colonel E. M. L. Ehlers of Lafayette Post, Colonel J. Pay- 
son Bradley of Boston, and others." 

While the Cumberland was recei^^ng her baptism in Charlestown, 
on Wednesday the veterans of the 38th Massachusetts Regiment, led 
by General Charles H. Taylor, were doing their best to bridge the 
bloody chasm of war at the Revere House. It was all a comphment- 
ary affair devised and carried out by General Taylor, a worthy member 
of Company F, that the good impression made upon the ex-Confeder- 
ates, Monday night, by E. W. Kinsley Post 113, might, if possible, be 
enhanced. The result would indicate that the intentions of the Gen- 
eral and his fellow veterans were fully realized, for never was there a 
happier assemblage of men than tliis of "the Blue and the Gray," 
beneath the ancient roof of Boston's oldest hotel of note. The speeches 
merit whole pages of tliis book instead of the few Unes accorded. Two 
hundred and fifty men, irrespective of the garbs once worn by them, 
joined hands in harmony around the festive board. Corporal Tanner, 
General George A. Bruce and General Taylor voiced the Union sen- 
timent, and equally loyal words came from Southern Generals W. I, 
Behan, B. F. Eshelman, Colonel Luke W. Finlay, Major Edward 
Buford and Judge Jacob S. Galloway. 



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IN MEMORIAM. 



GEORGE S. MERRILL, 
Commander-in-Chief, 1881-1882. 

GEORGE S. MERRILL, tenth Commander-in-Chief of the 
(irand Army of the Repubhc, was born in Methuen, Mass., 
March 10, 1837, and died in Lawrence, Feb. 17, 1900. 
This Hfe of nearly sixty-three years was filled with useful 
and honorable activities. A lad of the public schools, a printer's 
apprentice, newspaper editor and proprietor, postmaster of Lawrence, 
Insurance Commissioner of Massachusetts — that is his civil record. 
First Lieutenant and Captain in the Fourth Massachusetts Infantry 
during the war, Adjutant of the 6th Regiment, M.V.M., Captain, 
Light Battery C, and Major, First Battalion Light Artillery, ALV.M., 
Commander of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of 
Boston — that is his military record. First Commander of Post 39 
of Lawrence, Commander of the Department of Massachusetts, 1875, 
and Commander-in-Chief, 1881 — that is his Grand Army record. 
Endowed with an energy that seemed exhaustless, a zeal that knew 
no faltering, and an intelligence broad enough to cover a subject and 
yet fine enough to discern its minutest details, he was easily equal 
to the requirements of every position. Especially is this true of his 
incumbency of the office of Insurance Commissioner, in which he dealt 
sturdy and effective blows against plausible but unsound schemes of 
insurance. 

While his regiment was serving in Louisiana he commanded an 
expedition up the bayous Teche and Atchafalaya to capture a lot of 
cotton. Returning with the cotton, on a small steamer, he was at- 
tacked by guerillas. His boat ran ashore, and a galling fire was 
opened upon him from the bank, but with great coohiess and bravery 
he converted his cargo into covers from behind which his men drove 
the enemy away. For this action he received high commendation in 
the report of his commanding officer. 

He was always active as a member of the Grand Army. His 
whole heart was in the work, and his hand and voice were ever at the 
command of the Order. In the National and Department encamp- 
ments his was a conspicuous and familiar figure, and in the Post hall 



208 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

and around the camp-fire liis ringing tones were heard in eloquent 
periods and wise counsel. Said Department-Commander Peter D. 
Smith in announcing his death: 

"His genial, kind and unselfish nature endeared him to all who 
became acquainted with him. To know him thoroughly was to love 
him. He was a gallant soldier, a good citizen and a dearly beloved 
comrade. The Great Commander of us all has in his infinite wisdom 
called. The Major has answered, 'Here,' and has pitched his tent on 
the eternal camping ground above. We shall miss him from our 
councils and gatherings. But, comrades, as our ranks are broken, 
let us draw closer together. His pen and voice are still, but the good 
work he has done for our Order will endure long after he has welcomed 
all of his comrades on the other shore." 

It seems now as if the allusion to the Major's welcoming his 
comrades on the other shore was prophetic. Not many days after- 
ward his devoted friend Comrade Benjamin S. Lovell passed over 
the river, and they were joined but a few months later by the in- 
comparable Jack Adams. Ah, what a trio! "Jack," "Ben" and 
"the Major." In life they were inseparable and even death did not 
long divide them. 




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JOHN G. B. ADAMS, 
Commander-inChief, 1893-1894. 

GRAND ARMY veterans in Massachusetts never received a 
greater shock than when, on the 19th of October, 1900, 
they were informed that Captain "Jack" had been mus- 
tered out without a word of warning. At his post as usual in 
the State House, he died hke a soldier, attending to the duties 
of his position. It was a singular fact that the day of his death was 
the anniversary of the first unqualifiedly decisive Union victory, 
that won by Sheridan and his men at Cedar Creek, so that thereafter 
the day would have additional meaning to the ^•eterans who had the 
Captain in affectionate remembrance. 

Whatever his rank, no local worthy ever held a deeper place in 
the hearts of the Department than the long-time Sergeant-at-Arms, 
and his place there or elsewhere never has been nor ever can be made 
good. Nature gave to him characteristics seldom, if ever, repeated. 

As a Past Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army his obituary 
appears in these pages, a passing tribute to the value set upon his 
life and services by those who were wont to hang upon his words, to 
smile at his quips and jokes, to applaud his eloquence and to frown 
with him at deeds detrimental to the Comrade, the Flag and the 
Nation. It was so near the close of the century that had seen so 
much of effort for the upbuilding of a race, the purification of the 
Flag, that he was called to rest with his comrades on the other side. 
His life was ended in the era in which his vahant deeds were done. 
Only his memory passed over into the century which is making such 
wonderful strides, largely through the lives of Adams and others who 
served with him. 

John G. B. Adams was born in that part of the old town of Brad- 
ford which afterwards was included in the town of Groveland, Oct. G, 
1841. His school hfe was behind him when the clang of arms was 
heard and he added interest to the nineteenth of April by making it 
his enlistment day, then joining a company which subsequently 
became a part of the 19th Mass. Infantry, a regiment that was always 
in the forefront of peril, and no one ever neared the danger point 
more readily than the young man from Essex county who became 
First Sergeant, March 1, 1862. His conspicuous bravery in the Penin- 
sula Campaign won for him his commission as Second Lieutenant. 
At Fredericksburg, late in '62, he bore off the field the colors of his 
regiment, the successive bearers having given their lives for them. 



210 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

At Gettysburg, where his regiment with the 15th and the 20th hurled 
back the charge of Pickett's men at the Copse of Trees, he was danger- 
ously wounded, and for many a day his life was despaired of, yet in 
the November following he was back at his post, now a Captain. 

When Grant began the memorable flanking campaign, leading 
down through the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna and Cold 
Harbor to Petersburg, there was no abler subaltern than the active 
officer in the 19th, upon whom in those terrible days in early June 
at Cold Harbor came the misfortune of capture along with a large 
portion of his regiment. During the remainder of that year and the 
opening months of '65, he sampled southern prison pens and houses, 
including five months under the fire of Gillmore in Charleston. Re- 
peatedly he came near escape, but the Fates and bloodhounds every 
time returned him to his durance vile. 

After the war was over he came back to his native State and 
made Lynn his home, working at the shoe trade, but on account of 
his impaired health he secured a position in the Boston Custom House, 
whence he went to the postmastership of Lynn, a place he held for 
eight years, leaving the same to become a deputy warden with Colonel 
Tufts in the newly opened Reformatory in Concord, Mass. Thence 
he went to the State House, in 1886, to be the custodian of that note- 
worthy edifice and the official representative of the government of 
the Commonwealth. No one ever held the office with greater sat- 
isfaction to the people of Massachusetts. 

He was the first recruit to Lander Post, No. 5, Lynn, and the 
organization had no more loyal member. He was three times Com- 
mander, and his face now looks out from the pictured walls of the 
Post-room, one of the best remembered there. In time, he became 
Department Commander, was for a long time President of the New 
England Society of Survivors of Confederate Prisons, was Com- 
mander of the Mass. Commandery of the Loyal Legion, and in 1893-94 
was the Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. 

In 1868, he had the special honor of being selected as the 
bearer of the electoral vote of Massachusetts to Washington, and 
in 1892 came near becoming the Republican nominee for Lieut. 
Governor. 

It was one of the singular decrees of fate that the man who began 
his military life on the most auspicious day in the history of the Bay 
State should end his earthly life on the day which saw the surrender 
at Yorktown. He had come to the State House as usual ; had attended 
to his regular round of duties, when at 1.30 p.m. feeling ill he lay down 
and physicians were called; temporary relief followed, but again the 



NATIOXAI. ENCAAIPMEXT OF THE G. A. R. 211 

pains returned and at 2.30 he breathed his last in the arms of his 
friend and associate, Major Chas. Ci. Davis. 

Wednesday came the last scene in the career of our friend and 
comrade, when far more than the church could accommodate as- 
sembled in his home city to hear the words of his pastor, the Rev. 
J. M. Pullman, over the lifeless remains. Then followed the sad 
march to the cemetery where the last offices were performed by his 
comrades, and the turf above his body has annually, on the thirtieth 
of May, borne the fairest of flowers, the loving tribute of those who 
knew and loved him. 

Of all the sentiments expressed by the journals of Boston and 
other places, perhaps no one gave the friends of Captain "Jack" 
greater pleasure than those of Walter Allen in the Boston Herald of 
October 20, 1900, under the title: 

"his alma mater. 

" Many greater and more famous men than Captain J. G. B. Adams 
might pass from earth without causing anything like an equally general 
sense of personal and public loss. For fourteen years he had been 
Sergeant-at-Arms of the Commonwealth and an important feature 
of every official state ceremony. He was an ideal figure in the office, 
tall, erect, noble, punctilious in etiquette, courteous in address, uni- 
versally respected and trusted. It will not be easy to designate his 
peer in appointing his successor. He appeared to lack no qualification 
or accomplishment demanded in the place. It was as if he were a 
part of the State House, the personification of its dignity, grace and 
hospitality. Nothing could be more fit than his death within its 
walls. 

"He had a brilliant record of patriotic service. Hardly a better 
type of the volunteer American soldier, take him for all-in-all, could 
be found. His service in the Civil War was his university. Enlisting 
as a private soldier at the beginning of the hostilities, he served en- 
thusiastically and gallantly until he was graduated with a captain's 
diploma on the proclamation of peace. No youth ever spent four 
years in college with a lighter heart or a more ardent devotion than 
he served his terra in the army, performing every duty and experiencing 
every hardship less than death — some of them, indeed, requiring 
higher courage and fortitude than to die. He was in many of the 
severest battles of the war, and never failed to gain the admiration of 
comrades and superior officers for his exemplary fid(^lity and bravery. 
All his promotions were won by excellence in duty. He was terribly 
wounded, yet he lived. He suffered the horrors of long imprisonment 



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in the South and tempted death more than once by daring attempts 
to escape. 

" Preserving the analogy we have ventured upon, it must be added 
that no alumnus of a university, after an undergraduate career of 
triumph and joy, was ever prouder of his alma mater, or held it in 
greater affection than Captain 'Jack' Adams held the Union Army. 
All who had shared honorably in its perils, its sufferings and its 
triumphs were his fellows and classmates in an abounding wealth of 
appreciation and love. He kept its anniversaries and festivals with 
an ardor that never cooled, a zeal that never slackened. No joy was 
sweeter to him than that of association with the veterans of the Civil 
War, who were to him as brothers. All over the land, wherever there 
is a post of the Grand Army or a commandery of the Loyal Legion, 
there will be mourners who honored and loved Captain ' Jack ' Adams 
as an ideal 'Comrade' and 'Companion.'" 

It was not to superior intelUgence or ability or rank that this 
universal tribute was paid. His great sincere, joyous, sympathetic 
heart won the confidence and admiration of high and low aUke. He 
had the magnetic attraction of a true and generous human soul, which 
all sane and free souls are compelled by inherent instinct to recognize 
and to court. His spirit never knew the enfeeblement of age, but 
glowed until his last hour with the radiance and allurement of youth. 
His departure makes a void place in thousands of saddened hearts. 
He needs no record and no monument to secure a fond remembrance 
by all who have known him. 





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WILMON W. BLACKMAR, 
Commander-in-Chief 1904-1905. 

IT is eminently fitting that the subject of this sketch should have 
honorable mention in the report of the Executive Committee of 
Arrangements for the National Encampment of 1904: first, be- 
cause as presiding officer of the Department Encampment, held in 
Faneuil Hall, Feb. 10 and 11, 1903, it was his pleasing duty to ap- 
point this Committee; second, because later he was made a member 
of said Committee, on which he did good and faithful work, serving 
as chairman of the sub-committee on Receptions and in other capaci- 
ties; and third, because as a splendid cUmax to the whole proceed- 
ings, the 38th National Encampment at its meeting in Symphony 
Hall, Boston, Aug. 18, 1904, honored him, and through him the De- 
partment of Massachusetts, with a unanimous election to the office of 
Commander-in-Chief of the (irand Army of the Republic, a position 
for which he was signally well cjualified and to which he devoted the 
balance of his life, djang at his post in the performance of his duty. 

General Blackmar was born in Bristol, Penn., July 25, 1841, and 
was the son of the Rev. Joseph and Eliza J. [Philbrick] Blackmar. 
With his parents he removed to Boston during his boyhood and ever 
after made that city his home. He attended the Brimmer Crammar 
School, Boston, the State Normal School at Bridgewater, and was 
fitting for college at PhiUips Academy, Exeter, N.H., when the war 
broke out. 

He was desirous of enlisting from the very first, but in deference 
to the wishes of others, he remained at the Academy until he attained 
his majority, then, after paying a hurried \dsit to his parents and 
bidding them good-bye, he went to his old home in Pennsylvania and 
enhsted in Co. K, 15th Peim. Cavalry, Aug. 23, 1862. He was mus- 
tered in as a private at Carlisle, August 30 of the same year. He was 
soon promoted to Corporal and was made Sergeant, :\rarch 1, 1S63, 
and Orderly Sergeant, May 5 following. 

He was actively engaged in the Stone River and Chickamauga 
campaign, having a remarkable escape from death in the celebrated 
charge of his regiment at Murfrecsborough, and rendering distinguished 
service to the Union Army at Chickamauga. While in the Western 
army he had an attack of typhoid fever, which undoubtedly would 
have proved fatal but for the devotion of Mrs. Thompson of Louisville, 
Ky., at whose house he was quartered and to whom he ever after 
gave substantial evidence of his gratitude. 



214 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH 

On April 8, 1864, his sendees were rewarded by a commission as 
Second Lieutenant in the First West Virginia Cavalry. He had no 
sooner reported for duty than he was detailed as Provost Marshal 
on the staff of Colonel James M. Schoonmaker of the 14th Penn. 
Cavalry, then commanding the brigade. Forty years later the same 
Brigade Commander served on the staff of his erstwhile Lieutenant, 
as Chief-of-Staff, when the former Provost Marshal had become 
Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army; Father Time, as usual, 
working wondrous changes. 

Subsequently he served on the staff of General William H. Powell, 
where he received honorable mention for having saved, by a most 
hazardous ride, the brigade from capture by the forces of General 
Jubal A. Early. His last service was as Provost Marshal on the staff 
of General Henry Capehart who commanded a brigade in Custer's 
Division of Sheridan's Cavalry, and it was here that his long and 
faithful .service ended most gloriously. At a critical stage of the 
battle of Five Forks, April 1, 1865, as our men were being pressed 
back, he formed a new line which, without orders, he advanced, calling 
on the color-bearer to follow. The advance was made, he changed 
it into a charge and the enemy was routed. 

This skillful and timely act was witnessed by General Custer who, 
laying his hand on the Lieutenant's shoulder, said, "Well done. Cap- 
tain!" "I beg your pardon, General, I am only a Lieutenant," said 
Blackmar. "I said Captain," repUed the General, and the title stood, 
for without delay he was promoted for conspicuous gallantry on the 
field of battle at the request of Generals Custer and Capehart. Later he 
was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for the same heroic act. 

July 8, 1865, he was mustered out of the ser^^lce and went to 
Boston, where he entered the Harv^ard Law School, from which he was 
graduated in 1868 and was admitted to the bar. He practised law 
in Boston for more than thirty years, much of the time in partnership 
with the present Judge Henry N. Sheldon of the Superior Court of 
Massachusetts, retiring a few years since with a well-earned com- 
petence. 

He always retained his interest in military matters and served 
as Judge Advocate General on the successive Staffs of Governors 
W. B. Washburn, A. H. Rice, Thomas Talbot and John D. Long, 
a period of time extending from 1873 to 1883, except for the single 
year's occupancy of the Executive chair by Governor William Gaston. 
He ranked as Brigadier General, hence the title by which he was so 
long and generally known. 

He was a member of the MiUtary Order of the Loyal Legion, the 



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Congressional Medal of Honor Legion, the Boston Bar Association, 
the Union and Art clubs of Boston, and was, besides, prominent in 
the Masonic Order. 

He was married Nov. 17, ISSO, to Helen R., daughter of the late 
John R. Brewer of Boston, and their residence was at 72 Common- 
wealth Avenue, besides having a summer home at "World's End 
Farm," Hingham, the latter being one of the finest estates in New 
England; both of the places are still held and occupied by Mrs. 
Blackmar. 

His interest in the Cirand Army began in the earliest days of the 
organization, he having been mustered into John A. Andrew Post 15 of 
Boston in 1867, taking a transfer therefrom in IS6S for the purpose 
of organizing Edward W. Kinsley Post 113 of Boston. He was the 
first Commander of this Post and was an active member thereof till 
his death in Boise City, Idaho, Sunday, July 16, 1905, while on an 
official tour to the Northwest Departments. 

Repeatedly he was a delegate to National Encampments, and in 
1900 was Chairman of the important Committee on Resolutions. He 
was elected Junior Vice Department Commander of Massachusetts 
in 1900, Senior Vice in 1901, and Department Commander in 1902. 

As stated in the beginning of this sketch, he received the unani- 
mous vote of the 38th National Encampment for Commander-in-Chief 
and entered at once upon his duties. It was his wish to pay an official 
visit to every Department in the Order, and he mapped out an itinerary 
that would accomplish that purpose. His spirit, however, was stronger 
than his body, which, weakened by illness, gave way and he died 
far from home in a last ineffectual effort to reach his comrades in 
the distant Northwest. 

Although the hand of Death cut short his term of office, yet 
he had made already a remarkable record, traveling nearly 30,000 
miles, visiting the most of the Departments and being present at 
many of the annual Encampments. At these sessions and at many 
meetings of Posts and other organizations his earnest words thrilled 
his hearers and evoked unstinted praise. All over our land he sowed 
deep the seeds of patriotism and spread far and wide the great prin- 
ciples of Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty. He entered upon the 
duties of his office with an intelligent estimate of its grave resjjon- 
sibilities, and he regarded his position as a sacred trust to be honestly 
and ably administered in the interests of his country and the gallant 
men who had saved it. 

While his lifelong aff"ection for his comrades was always manifest, 
it was never more in evidence than when, upon the opening of his last 



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will and testament, it was found that he had bequeathed large sums 
of money to his Post, his Department and the National Encampment. 
To us who loved him he is now but a memory, but what a precious 
memory of labors and benefactions, what a pleasant memory of 
geniality and good fellowship, what a sweet memory of truth and 
constancj^, and what a glorious memory of unselfish devotion to his 
country and his God! 




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